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1 Ion 

3 Fkiio 

S The Ladj of Ljona 

i Kicbelieu 

5 Tilt Wife 

6 The Honeymoon 

1 The School for Scandal 

8 Money 

VOL. II. 

9 The Stranger 

10 Grandfather Whitehead 

11 Richard III 

12 Love's Sacrifice 

13 The Gamester 

H A Cure for the Heartache 

15 The Hunchback 

16 Don Cxsar de Bazan 

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20 Venice Preserred 

21 Pizarro 

22 The LoTO Chase 
26 Othello 

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26 King of the Commons 

27 London Assurance 

28 The Kent Day 

29 Two Gentlemen ofVeron: 

30 The Jealous Wifo 

31 The Rivals 

32 Perfection 

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35 King John 
86 Nervous Man 

37 Damou aud Pythias 

38 Clandestine Marriage 

39 William Tell 

iO Day after the Wedding 
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42 Romeo and Juliet 

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47 1ronChest |FairLady 
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60 Macbeth 

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53 Bertram 

54 The Duenna 

55 Much Ado Abont Nothing 

56 The Critio 

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67 The Apostate 

68 Twelfth Night 

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60 Simpson & Co 

61 Merchant of Venice 

62 Old HeaiisSt Young Hearts 

63 Mountaineers (riage 

64 Three Weeks after Mar- 

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66 As Yon Like It 

67 The Elder Brother 

68 Werner 

69 Gisippus 

70 Town and Countrr 

71 King Lear 

72 Blue Devils 

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74 Married and Singl* 

75 Henry IV 

76 Paul Pry 

77 Guy Mannering 

78 Sweethearts and Wives 

79 SerioQS Family 

80 She S'oops to Conquer 



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82 Vicar or Wakedeld 

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86 Drunkard 

87 Rob Roy 

88 George Barnwell 

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90 Sketches in India 

91 Two Friends 
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94 Mind your own Business 

95 Writing on the Wall 

96 Heir at Law 

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97 Soldier s Daughter 
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99 Marco 4-pada 

100 Nature's Nobleman 

101 Sardanapalus 

102 Civilization 

103 The Robbers 

104 Katharine and Petmchl^ 

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106 Midsummer Night's 

107 Ernestine (Dream 
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109 Flying Dutchman 

110 Hypocrite 

111 Therese 

112 La Tour de Nesle 

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114 Sea of Ice 

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118 Bryan Boroihme 

119 Romance and Reality 
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122 The Pilot 

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124 King s'Rival 

125 Little Treasure 
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127 Parents and Guardians 

128 Jewess 

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133 David Copperfleld 

134 Aline, or the Rose of 

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136 Jane Eyre 
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137 Night and Morning 
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139 Three Guardsmen 

140 Tom Cringle 

141 Henriette. the Forsaken 

142 Eustache Baudio 

143 Ernest Maltravers 

144 Bold Dragoons 
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145 Dred, or the DlsmAl 
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146 Last Days of Pompeii 

147 Esmeralda 
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149 Ben the Boatswain 

150 Jonathan Bradford 
51 Retribution 

152 Minerali 
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153 French Spy 

Ut Wept of M'Ish-ton Wish 
155 Evil Genius 
1.56 Ben Bolt 
57 Sailor of France 
158Ke<l Mask 

159 Life of an Actress 

160 Wedding Day 



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163 Self 

164 Cinderella 

165 Phantom 

166 Franklin [Moscow 

167 The Qunmaker of 

168 The Lore of a Prince 

VOL. XXII. 

169 Son of the Night 

170 Rory O'More 

171 Golden Eagle 

172 Rienzi 

173 Broken Sword 

174 Rip Van Winkle 

175 Isabelle 

176 Heart of Mid Lothian 

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177 Actress of Padua 

178 Floating Beacon 

179 Bride of Lamermoor 

180 Cataract of the Ganges 

181 Robber of the Rhine 

182 School of Reform 

183 Wandering Boys 

184 Mazeppa 

VOL. XXIV. 

185 Young New York 

186 The Victim! 

187 Romance after Marriage 

188 Brigand 

189 Poor of New York 

190 Ambrose Gwinett 

191 Raymond and Agnes 

192 Gambler's Fate 

VOL. XXV. 

193 Father and Son 

194 Massaniello 

195 Sixteen Siring Jack 

196 Youthful Queen 

197 Skeleton Witness 

198 Innkeeper of Abbeville 

199 Miller and his Men 

200 Aladdin 
VOL. XXVI. 

201 Adrienne the Actress 
'202 Cndine 

'.'03 Jessie Brown 
204 Aaraodcus 
i05 Iformons 

206 Blanche of Brandywine 
•207 Viola 

203 Deseret Deserted 
VOL. X-'^CVII. 
109 Americans in Paris 

210 Victorine 

211 Wizard of the Wave 
12 Castle Spectre 

213 Horse.shoe Robinson 

214 Armand, Mrs Mowatt 
15 Fashion, Mrs Mowatt 

Jl6 GlanCH at New York 

VOL. XXVIII. 
217 Inconstant 
il8 Uncle Tom's Cabin 
219 Guide to the Stage 
:i20 Veteran 

221 Miller of New Jersey 

222 Dark Hour before Dawn 

223 Midsum'r Night s Dream 
I Laura Keene s Edition 

4 Art and Artifice 
VOL. .X.XIX 
2.'5 Poor Young Man 

Ossawaitomle Brown 
227 Pope of Rome 
•28 Oliver Twist 

229 Pauvrette 

230 Man In the Iron Mask 

231 Knight of Arva 
J32 Moll Pitcher 

VOL. XXX. 
•233 Black Eyed Susan 

.34 Satan in Paris 

35 Rosina Meadows [ess 
236 West End, or Irish Heir- 

37 Si.x Degrees of Crime 
238 The Lady and the Devil 

139 Avenger.or Moorof Sioi- 

40 .Masks and Faces j ly 



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241 Merry W ives of Windsor 

242 Mary s Birthday 

243 Shandy Magnire 

244 Wild Oats 

245 Michael Erie 
■246 Idiot Witness 
24V Willow Copse 

248 People's Lawyer 
VOL. XXXII. 

249 The Boy Martyrs 

250 Lueretia Borgia 

1 Surgeon of Paris 

252 Patrician's Daughter 

253 Shoemaker of Toulouse 

254 Momentous Question 
'265 Love and Loyalty 

256 Robber's Wife 
VOL. XXXIII. 

257 Dumb Girl of Genoa 
•258 Wreck Ashore 

259 Clari 

260 Rural Felicity 

261 Wallace 

262 Madelaine 

263 The Fireman 

264 Grist to the Mill 
VOL. XXXIV. 

265 Two Loves and a Life 
'266 Annie Blake 

2H7 Steward 

268 Captain Kvd 

269 Nick of the Woods 

270 Marble Heart 

271 Second Love 

272 Dream at Sea 

VOL. XXXV. 

273 Breach of Promise 

274 Review 

275 Lady of the Lake 

276 Still Water Runs Docp 
271 The Scholar 

278 Helping Hands 

"*9 Faust and Marguerite 

280 Last Man 
VOL. XXXVI. 

281 Belle's Strata,;em 

282 Old and Young 

283 Raffaella 

•284 Ruth Oakley - 

•285 British Slave 
28G A Life's Ransom 

287 Giralda 

288 Time Tries All 
VOL. XXXVU. 

289 Ella Rosenburg 

290 Warlock of the Glen 

291 Zelina 
■292 Beatrice 

293 Neighbor Jackwood 
■294 Wonder 

295 Robert Emmet 

296 Green Bushes 
eOL. XXXVIII. 

297 Flowers of the Foreat 
:98 A Bachelcr of Arts 

99 The Midnight Banqnet 
.300 Husband of an Hour 

301 Love's Labor Lost 

302 Naiad Queen 

303 Caprice 

304 Cradle of Liberty 
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305 The Lost Ship 

306 Country Squire 

307 Fraud and its Victims 

308 Putnam 

;i09 King and Deserter 
3t0 La Fiammina 

31 1 A Hard Struggle 

312 Gwinnette Vaughao 
VOL. XL. 

313 The Love Knot | Judge 
.314 Lavater, or "Not a Bad 
315 The Noble Heart 
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317 The Winter's Tale 

318 Eveleen Wilson 

319 Ivanhoe 

320 Jonathan In England 



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COSTUME. 

Don Lopez. — Black velvet shirt, trimmed with golil ; arm-hole cloak to 
match, trimmed with black fur ; round yeoman hat, black feathers ; crim- 
son stockings ; black strap shoes ; gray head of hair, short ringlets ; cane. 

Don Felix. — First Dress. Crimson velvet shirt ; Spanish short cloak ; 
round black yeoman hat, white ostrich feathers ; white silk tights ; black 
strap shoes. — Second Dress. Broad printed gown ; black body trimmed 
with red ; Spanish points ; cloak ; conical hat and mob cap. 

Frederic. — Light blue shirt, trimmed with silver and amber ; scarlet 
Spanish cloak ; black round hat, white feathers ; white silk tights ; black 
strap shoes. 

Colonel Briton. — Old-fashioned square-cut coat ; white kcrsejTncre vest 
and breeches ; high black boots ; three-cornered hat. 

Don Pedro. — Brown shirt trimmed with gold and blue ; brown arm- 
hole cloak, trimmed with black or brown fur ; round hat, scarlet feathers ; 
blue tights ; black strap shoes ; white head of hair, short ringlets. 

Lissardo. — Amber vest and pants, trimmed with binding of various 
colors ; scarlet fly ; amber hat ; yellow Hessian boots ; flaxen wig. 

Gibhy. — Dark-red square-cut coat ; buff long vest ; plaid skirt and 
scarf; bonnet and usual Scotch properties ; red wig ; black old men's shoes 
and buckles. 

1st Alguazil. — Black gown; skullcap; black shoes and rosettes ; black 
wand. 

Vasquez. — Plain blue shirt, trimmed with yellow; yellow tights; black 
shoes and rosettes. 

Serv(uits. — Same as Vasquez. 

Servant. — Plain shirt ; tights and black shoes. 

Alguazil attendants. — Black gowns and skull caps ; black shoes and 
rosettes ; swords and waist carriages. 

Violante. — White satin dress, spangled points ; hanging sleeves ; veil. 

Isabella. — White leno dress, colored satin body ; hanging sleeves and 
points, trimmed with silver, and black veil. 

Flora. — Black velvet body, and hanging sleeves, trimmed with black 
points ; black gauze apron, trimmed with blue. 

hiis. — White petticoat ; point calico body and apron. 

(3) 



THE WONDER. 

ACT I. 

Scene I. — A Street, 1 g. 

Enter Don Lopez, l. h. 1 e., jyieeting Frederic, k. n. 1 e. 

Fred. My lord, Don Lopez. 

Lop. How d'ye, Frederic ? 

Fred, At your lordship's ser\-ice. I am glad to see you look so 
well, my lord ; I hope Antonio's out of danger. 

Lop. Quite the contrary ; his fever increases, they tell me ; and the 
surgeons are of opinion his wound is mortal. 

Fred. Your son, Don Felix, is safe, I hope. 

Lop. I hope so too ; but they offer large rewards to apprehend him. 

Fred. When heard your lordship from him r 

Lop. Not since he went. I forbade him writing till the public news 
gave him an account of Antonio's health. Letters might be inter- 
cepted, and the place of his abode discovered ; however, if Antonio 
dies, Felix shall for England. You have been there ; what sort of 
people are the English ? 

Fred. My lord, the English are, by nature, what the ancient 
Romans were by discipline — courageous, bold, hardy, and in love 
with liberty. Liberty is the idol of the English, under whose banner 
all the nation enlists ; give but the word for liberty, and straight more 
armed legions would appear than France and Philip keep in constant 
pay. 

Lop. I like their principles. Who does not wish for freedom in all 
degrees of life ? though common prudence sometimes makes us act 
against it, as I am now obliged to do ; for I intend to marry my 
daughter to Don Guzman, whom I expect from Holland every day, 
whither he went to take possession of a large estate left him by his 
uncle. 

Fred. Y^ou will not, surely, sacrifice the lovelj' Isabella to age 
avarice, and a fool ? Pardon the expression, my lord ; but my con- 
cern for your beauteous daughter transports me beyond that good 
manners which I ought to pay to your lordship's presence. 

Lop. I can't deny the justness of the character, Frederic ; but 
you are not insensible what I have suffered by these wars ; and he has 
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6 THE WONDER. [act I. 

two things ■which render him very agreeable to me for a son-in-law — 
he is rich and well born ; as for his being a fool, I don't conceive liow 
that can be any blot in a husband who is already possessed of a good 
estate. A poor fool, indeed, is a very scandalous thing ; and so are 
your poor wits, in my opinion, who have nothing to be vain of but 
the inside of their skulls. Now, for Don Guzman, I know I can rule 
him as I think fit ; this is acting the politic part, Frederic, without 
which it is impossible to keep up the ])ort of this life. 

Fred. But have you no consideration for your daughter's welfare, 
my lord ? 

Lop. Is a husband of twenty thousand crowns a j-ear no consider- 
ation ? Now I think it a very good consideration. 

Fred. One way, my lord. " 13ut what will the world say of such a 
match ? 

Lop. Sir, I value not the world a button. 

Fred. I cannot think your daughter can have any inclination for 
such a husband. 

Lop. There I believe you are pretty much in the right ; though it 
is a secret which I never had the curiosity to inquire into, nor, I be- 
lieve, ever shall. IncHnation, quotha ! Parents would have a fine 
time on't if they consulted their children's inclinations ! No, no, sir ; 
it is not a father's business to follow his children's inclinations till he 
makes himself a beggiir. 

Fred. But this is of another nature, my lord. 

Lop. Look ye, sir ; I resolve she shall marry Don Guzman the mo- 
ment he arrives. (Crosses to E. h.) Though I could not govern my 
son, I will my daughter, I assure you. 

Fred. This match, my lord, is more preposterous than that which 
you proposed to your son, from whence arose this fatal quarrel. Don 
Antonio's sister, Elvira, wanted beauty only ; but Guzman every thing 
but 

Lop. Money, and that will purchase every thing ; and so adieu. 

(Exit, E. H.) 

Fred. Monstrous ! These are the resolutions which destroy the 
comforts of matrimony — he is rich and well born ; powerful argu- 
ments, indeed ! Could I but add them to the friendship of Don 
Felix, what might I not hope ? But a merchant and a grandee of 
Portugal are inconsistent names. 

Enter Lissaedo, l. n. 1 e., in a ridlncj habit. 

Lissardo ! from whence came you ? 

Lis. That letter will inform you, sir. 

Fred. I hope your master's safe. 

Lis. I left him so ; I have another to deliver which requires haste. 
Your most humble servant, sir. {Boicing, crosses to r. h.) 

Fred. .To Violante, I suppose. 

Lis. The same. (Exit, e. h. 1 K.) 

Fred. (Reads.) " Dear Frederic — the two chief blessings of this 
life are, a friend and a mistress ; to be debarred the sight of those is not 
to live. I hear nothing of Antonio's death, and therefore resolve to 



SCENE I.J THE WONDER. 7 

venture to thi/ house this eveninrj, impatient to see Violantt, and embrace 
mi/ friend. Yours, Felix." Pray heaven he comes undiscovered. — 
Ila ! Colonel Briton. 

Enter Colonel Briton, r. h. 1 e. 

Col. B. Frederic, I rejoice to see thee. 

Fred, What brought you to Lisbon, colonel ? 

Col. B. La fortune de la guerre, as the French say. I have com- 
manded these three last years in Spaiir ; but my country has thought 
fit to strike up a pence, and give us good Protestants leave to hope for 
Christian burial, so I resolved to take Lisbon in my way home. 

Fred. If you are not provided of a lodging, colonel, pray command 
my house while you stay. 

Col. B. If I ^\■ere sure I should not be troublesome I would accept 
your offer, Frederic. 

Fred. So far from trouble, colonel, I shall take it as a particulai 
favor. What have we here ? 

Col. B. My footman. This is our country dress, j'ou must know, 
which, for the honor of Scotland, I make all my servants Avcar. 

Enter GiEBY, in a Highland dress, R. h. 1 e. 

Gibbi/. What mun I de with the horses, and like yer honor ? ITiey 
will tak cold gin they stand in the causeway. 

Fred. O, I'll take care of them- What, hoa ! Vasquez ! 

Enter Vasquez, r. ii. 1 e. 

Put the horses, which that honest fellow will show you, into my 
stable ; do you hear ? and feed them well. 

T rts. Yes, sir. (Vasquez crosses to Gibkt aiid bores to him.) Sir, 
by my master's orders, I am, sir, your most obsequious, humble ser- 
vant. Be pleased to lead the way. 

Gibbij. 'Sbleed, gang yer gate, sir, and I sail follow ye. (Vasquez 
goes back to R. h.) Ise tee hungi-y to feed on compliments. 

(^Exit, 1 E. R. H., Vasquez bowing him off.) 

Fred. Ha, ha! a comical fellow. Well, how do you like our 
country, colonel ? 

Col. B. Why, faith, Frederic, a man might pass his time agree- 
ably enough withinside of a nunnery ; but to behold such troops of 
soft, plump, tender, melting, wishing, nay, willing girls, too, through 
a damned grate, gives us Britons strong temptations to plunder ! 
Ah, Frederic, your priests are wicked rogues ; they immure beauty 
for their own proper use, and show it only to the laity to create de- 
sires, and inflame accounts, that they may purchase pardons at a 
dearer rate. 

Fred. I own wenching is something more difficult here than m 
England, where women's liberties are subservient to their inclinations, 
and husbands seem of no effect, but to take care of the children which 
their wives provide. 



8 THE ZONDEK. [^ACT I. 

Col. B. And does restraint get the beter of inclination with your 
women here ? No, I'll be s>von". not, even in fourscore. Don't I 
know the constitution of the Spanish ladies r 

Fred. And of all the ladies where you come, colonel ; you were 
ever a man of gallantry. 

Col. B. Ah, Frederic, the kirk half stai-ves us Scotchmen. Wo 
are kept so sharp at home that wo feed like cannibals abroad. 
Harkye ; hast thou never a pretty acquaintance now that thou wouldst 
consign over to a friend for half an hour — ha r 

Fred. Faith, colonel, I am the Avorst pimp in Christendom ; you 
had better trust to your own lucli ; the women will soon find you out, 
I A\arrant you. 

Col. B. Ay, but it is dangerous foraging in an enemy's country ; 
and since I have some hopes of seeing my own again, I had rather 
purchase my pleasure than run the hazard of a stiletto in my body 
Wilt thou recommend me to a wile, then ? one that is willing to ex- 
change her moidorcs for English liberty — ha, friend ! 

Fred. She must be very liandsome, I sujipose. 

Col. B. The handsomer the better — but be sure she has a nose. 

Fred. Ay, ay, and some gold. 

Col. B. O, very much gold ; I shall never be able to swallow the 
matrimonial pill if it be not well gilded. 

Fred. Pho ; beauty Mill make it slide down nimbly. 

Col. B. At first, '♦joerhaps, it may; but the second or third dose 
will choke me. I confess, Frederic, women are the prettiest play- 
things in nature ; but gold, substantial gold, gives "em the air, the 
mien, the shape, the grace, and beauty of a goddess. 

Fred. And has not gold the same divinity in their ej'cs, colonel ? 

Col. B. Too often — 

None marry now for love ; no, that's a jest : 
The self-same bargain serves lor wife and beast. 

Fred. You are always gay, colonel. Come, shall we take a refresh- 
ing glass at my house, and consider what has been said ? 

Col. B. I have two or three compliments to discharge for soirie 
friends, and then I shall wait on you with pleasure. Where do you 
live ? 

Fred. At yon corner house with the green rails. 

Col. B. In the close of the evening I will endeavor to kiss your 
hand. Adieu. 

Fred. I shall expect you Avith impatience. 

(^Exeunt Colonel, l. ii. 1 v.., and Fuederic, r. h. 1 e.) 



Scene II. — A Room in Don Lopez's House, 2 g. l. ii. d. f., 

practical. 

Enter Is.viiella and Ixis, her maid, R. H. 1 e. 

Inis. For goodness' sake, madam, where are you going in this pet ? 
Isa. Any where, to avoid matrimony : the thought of a husband 
is terrible to me. 



SCENE II.] THE 'SVONDER. 9 

Iiiis. Ay, of an old husband ; but if you may choose for yourself, 
I fancj' matrimony wou d be no such frightful thing to you. 

Isa. You are pretty nuch in the right, Inis ; but to be forced into 
the arms of an idiot, wh) has neither person to please the eye, sense to 
charm the ear, nor generosity to supply those defects ! Ah, Inis, what 
pleasant lives women lead in England, where duty wears no fetter but 
inclination ! The custom of our country enslaves us from our very 
cradles — first to our parents, next to our husbands ; and when heaven 
is so kind to rid us of both these, our brothers still usurp authority, 
and expect a blind obedience from us ; so that, maids, wives, or 
widows, wc are little better than slaves to the tyrant man ; therefore, 
to avoid their power, I resolve to cast myself into a monastery. 

J/iis. That is, you'll cut your own throat, to avoid another's doing 
it for you. Ah, madam, those eyes tell me you have no nun's flesh 
about you ! A monastery, quotha ! where you'll wish yourself into 
the green-sickness in a month. 

Isa. What care I ? There will be no man to plague me. 

Liis. No, nor, what's much worse, to please you neither. Odslife, 
madam, you are the first woman that ever despaired in a Christian 
country. ! Were I in your place 

Isa. Why, what would your wisdom do if you were r 

Inis. I'd embark with the first fair Avind, with all my jewels, and 
seek my fortune on t'other side the water ; no shore can treat you 
worse than your own ; there's never a father in Christendom should 
make me marry any man against my will. 

Isa. I am too great a coward to follow your advice : I must con- 
trive some way to avoid Don Guzman, and yet stay in my own 
country. 

Enter Don Lopez, l. h. 1 e. 

Lop. Must you so, mistress ? but I shall take care to prevent you. 
— (^Aside.) Isabella, whither arc you going, my child? 

Isa. To church, sir. 

Inis. (Aside.) The old rogue has certainly overheard her. 

Lop. Your devotion must needs be very strong, or your memory 
very weak, my dear ; why, vespers are over for this night. Come, 
come, you shall have a better errand to church than to say your 
prayers there. Don Guzman is arrived in the river, and I expect him 
ashore to-moiTOW. 

Isa. Ha ! to-morrow ! 

Lop. He writes me word that his estate in Holland is worth twelve 
thousand crowns a year, which, together with what he had before, 
will make thee the hapjiiest wife in Lisbon. 

Isa. And the most unhappy woman in the world. — O, sir, if I 
have any power in your heart, if the tenderness of a father be not 
quite extinct, hear me with patience. 

Lop. No objection against the marriage, and I will hear whatsoever 
thou hast to say. 

Isa. That's torturing me on the rack, and forbidding me to groan ; 
Upon my knees I claim the privilege of flesh and blood. (^Kneels.) 

Lop. I grant it — thou shalt have an armful of flesh and blood 



16 THE ■WOXDKK. [ACT i. 

to-morrow. Flesh and blood, quotha ! heaven forbid I should deny 
thee flesh and blood, my girl. 

Inis. (Aside.) Here's an old dog for you ! 

Isa. Do not mistake, sir ; the fatal stroke which separates soul and 
body is not more terrible to the thoughts of sinners than the name of 
Guzman to my ear. 

Lop. Puh, puh ; you lie, you lie ! 

Isa. My frighted heart beats hard against my breast, as if it sought 
a passage to your feet, to beg you'd change your purpose. 

l,op. A very prcttj' speech this ; if it were turned into blank 
verse, it would serve for a tragedy. Why, thou hast more wit than I 
thought thou hadst, child. I fancy this was all extempore ; 1 don't 
believe thou didst ever think one word on't before. 

litis. Yes, but she has, my lord ; for I have heard her say the 
same things a thousand times. 

Lop. How, how ? What! do you top your second-hand jests upon 
your father, hussy, who knows better what's good for you than you do 
yourself? Remember, 'tis your duty to obey. 

Isa. (Bises.) I never disobeyed before, andAvish I had not reason 
now ; but nature has got the better of my duty, and makes me loathe 
the harsh commands you lay. 

Lop. Ha, ha ! very fine ! Ha, ha ! 

Isa. Death itself would be welcome ! 

Lop. Are you sure of that ? 

Isa. I am your daughter, my lord, and can boast as strong a reso- 
lution as yourself; I'll die before I'll marry Guzman ! 

Lop. Say you so ? I'll try that presently. (Draics.) Here, let 
me see with Avhat dexterity you can breathe a vein now. {Offers her 
his sword.) The point is pretty sharp ; 'twill do your business, I war- 
rant you. 

Inis. Bless me, sir, what do you mean, to i^ut a sword into the 
hands of a desperate woman ? 

Lop. Desperate ! ha, ha, ha ! you see how desperate she is. 
What ! art thou frighted, little Bell — ha ? 

Isa. I confess I am startled at your morals, sir. 

Lop. Ay, ay, child, thou hadst better take the man. 

Isa. I shall take neither, sir ; death has many doors ; and when I 
can live no longer with pleasure, I shall find one to let him in at with- 
out your aid. 

Lop. Saj'est thou so, my dear Bell ? Ods, I'm afraid thou art a 
little lunatic, Bell. I must take care of thee, child. ( Talces hold of 
her, and pulls a key out of his pocket.) I shall make bold to secure 
thee, my dear. I'll see if locks and iDars can keep thee till Guzman 
comes. Go, get into your chamber. {Pushes her in, and locks l. h. 
Ji.,Jlat.) 

There I'll 5'our boasted resolution tiy — 
And see who'll get the better, you or I. 

{Exewit, 1 E. E. H.) 
liND OF ACT I. 



THE WONDER. 11 



ACT II. 

Scene L — Handsome Chamber in Don Pedro's House, 3 G. Set 
window, practical, 2 E. L. H. ; set door, R. H. 1 e. ; set door, L. n. 1 
E. ; table in C, on it pens, ink, portfolio, books ; two lighted candles; 
sofa on L. H, ; two chairs on L. h. ; two chairs on R. h. ; d. f. r. h., 
practicaL 

Enter Violante, reading a letter, and Yloua falloicinj, d. r. i. 1 e. 

Flora. What ! must that letter be read again ? 

Vio. Yes, and again, and again, and again, a thousand times 
again ; a letter fixim a faithful lover can never be read too often : it 
speaks such kind, such soft, such tender things. (^Kisses it.) 

Flora. But always the same language. 

Vio. It does not charm the less for that. 

Flora. In my opinion nothing channs that does not change ; and 
any composition of the four and twenty letters, after the first essay, 
from the same hand, must be dull, except a bank note or a bill of ex- 
change. 

Vio. Thy taste is my aversion. (^Reads.) " My all that's charm- 
ing, since life's not life, exiled from thee, this night shall bring me to thy 
arms. Frederic and thee arc all I trust. This six loeeks' absence has 
been, in love's account, six hundred years. When it is dark, expect the 
wonted signal at thy window ; till wlien, adieu. Thine, more than his 
own. Felix." 

Flora. (^Aside.) Who would not have said as much to a lady of 
her beauty, and twenty thousand pounds ? — Were I a man, methinks 
I could have said a hundred finer things. 

Vio. What would you have said ? 

Flora. I would have compared your eyes to the stars, your teeth to 
ivory, your lips to coral, your neck to alabaster, your shape to 

Vio. No more of your bombast ; truth is the best eloquence in a 
lover. What proof remains ungiven of his love ? When his father 
threatened to disinherit him lor refusmg Don Antonio's sister, from 
whence sprang this unhajjpy quarrel, did it shake his love for me ? 
And now, though strict mquiry runs through every place, with large 
rewards to apprehend him, does he not venture all for me ? ( Crosses, 

R. II.) 

Flora. But you know, madam, your father, Don Pedi'o, designs 
you for a nun, — to be sure you look very like a nun, — and says your 
grandfather left j^ou your fortune upon that condition. 

Vio. Not without my approbation, girl, when I come to one and 
twenty, as I am informed. But, however, I shall run the risk of that. 
Go, call in Lissardo. 

Flora. Yes, madam. — (^Aside.) Now for a thousand verbal ques- 
tions. {Exit, L. H. D. 1 E.) 

Reenter Flora, with Lissardo, l. h. d. 1 e. 
Vio. (r. h.) Well, and how do you do, Lissardo ? 



12 THE "ffONDEH. [ACI II. 

Lis. (c.) Ah, very weary, madam. — {^Aimrt to Flora.) Faith, 
thou look'st wondrous pretty, Flora. 

Vio. How came you ? 

Lis. En chevalier, madam, upon a hackney jade, which, they told 
me, formerly belonged to an English colonel. (Violante retires up; 
sits at table.) But I should have rather thought she had been bred a 
good lloman Catholic all her lifetime ; ibr she downed on her knees to 
every stock and stone we came along by. — (^Apart to Flora.) My 
chops Avater for a kiss ; they do. Flora. 

Flora. {Apart to Lissaudo.) You'd make one believe you are 
wondrous fond now. 

Vio. "Where did you leave your master ? 

Lis. (Apart to Flora.) Odd, if 1 had you alone, housewife, I'd 
show you how fond I could be ! 

Vio. Where did you leave your master ? 

Lis. At a little farm house, madam, about five miles off. He'll 
be at Don Frederic's in the evening. — (Apart to Flora.) Odd, I 
will so revenge myself of those lips of thine. 

Vio. Is he in health ? 

Flora, (l. n., apart to Lissardo.) O, you counterfeit wondrous 
well. 

Lis. (Apart to Flora.) No ; every body knows I counterfeit 
very ill. 

Vio. (Comes down, R. H.) How say you ? Is Felix ill ? What's 
his distemper — ha ? 

Lis. (c.) Love, madam, love. In short, madam, I believe he has 
thought of nothing but your ladyship ever since he left Lisbon. I am 
sure he could not, if I may judge of his heart by my own. (Looks 
lovingly upon Flora.) 

I'io. How came you so well acquainted with your master's 
thoughts, Lissardo ? 

Lis. I3y an infallible rule, madam, words are the pictures of the 
mind, you know ; now, to prove he thinks of nothing but you, he talks 
of nothing but )'ou — for example, madam, coming from shooting 
t'other day, with a brace of partridges, " Lissardo," said he, " go bid 
the cook roast me these Yiolantcs." — ( To Flora.) I flew into the 
kitchen, full of thoughts of thee, and cried, " Here, cook, roast me 
these Florellas. 

Flora. (To Lissardo.) Ha, ha! excellent! You mimic your 
master, then, it seems. 

Lis. ( To Flora.) I can do every thing as well as my master, you 
little rogue. — Another time, madam, the priest came to make him a 
vi~it ; ho called out hastily ; " Lissardo," said he, " bring a Violante for 
my father to sit down on." Then he often mistook my name, madam, 
and called me Violante ; in short, I heard it so often that it became 
as familiar to me as my prayers. 

Vio. Y'^ou live very merrily, then, it seems. 

Lis. O, exceeding men-y, madam. (Kisses Flora's hand.) 

Vio. Ha ! exceeding merry ? Had you treats and balls ? 

Lis. O, yes, yes, madam, several. 

Flora. (Apart to Lissardo.) You arc mad, Lissardo ; you don'l 
mind what my lady says to you. 



SCENE I.] THE WOXDER. 13 

Vio. (^Aside.) Ha! balls? Is he so merry in my absence ? — i\.nd 
did your master dance, Lissardo ? 

Lis. Dance, madam ! "Where, madam ? 

i'io. Why, at those balls you speak of. 

Lis. Balls ! What bulls, madam ? 

Vio. Why, sure you are in love, Lissardo. Did not j'ou say, bit 
now, you had balls where you have been r 

Lis. Balls, madam ! What balls, ma'am ? Odslifc, I ask your par- 
don, madam ! I — I — I had mislaid some wash-balls of my master's 
t'other day ; and because I could not think where I had laid them, 
just when he asked for them, he very fairly broke my head, madam ; 
and now it seems I can think of nothing else. Alas ! he dance, 
madam ! No, no, poor gentleman, he is as melancholy as an unbraced 
cUum. 

Vio. Poor Felix ! There, wear that ring for your master's sake ; 
and let him know I shall be ready to receive liim. 

{Exit, T>. R. H. 1 E.) 

Lis. I shall, madam. {Puts on the ring.') Methinks a diamond 
ring is a vast addition to the little finger of a gentleman. {Admires 
his hand.) 

Flora. {Aside.) That ring must be mine. — Well, Lissardo, what 
haste you make to paj' off arrears now ! Look how the fellow stands ! 

Lis. Egad, methinks I have a very pretty hand — and very 
white — and the shape ! — Faith, I never minded it so much before ! 
In my opinion, it is a very Hue-shaped hand, and becomes a diamond 
ring as well as the first grandee's in Portugal. 

Florn. The man's transported ! Is this your love ? This your im- 
patience ? 

Lis. {Takes snuff.) Now, in my mind, I take snuff with a very 
jantee air. — Well, I am persuaded I want {crosses to l. n.) nothing 
but a coach and a title to make me a very fine gentleman. {Crosses 

to R. II.) 

Flora. Sweet Mr. liissardo — {courtesies) — if 1 maj' presume to 
speak to you without affronting your little finger 

Lis. Odso, madam, I ask your pardon. Is it to me or to the ring 
you direct your discourse, madam ? 

Flora. Madam, good lack ! How much a diamond ring improves 
one ! 

Lis. Why, thovigh I say it, I can carry myself as well as any 
Dody. — But what wert you going to say, child? 

Flora. Why, I was going to say — that I fancy you had best let 
me keep that rmg ; it will be a very pretty wedding ring, Lissardo ; 
would it not ? 

Lis. Humph ! — ah ! — but — but — but — 1 believe I shan't 
marry yet a while. 

Flora. You shan't, you say ? — Very well ! I suppose you design 
that ring for Inis ? 

Lis. No, no ; I never bribe an old acquaintance. Perhaps I 
might let it sparkle in the eyes of a stranger a little, till we come to a 
right understanding — but, then, like all other mortal things, it would 
retmm from whence it came. 
2 



14 . THE woxdeh. [act II. 

Flora. Insolent ! Is that your manner cf -"ealing ? 

Lis. "With all but thee. — Kiss me, you httle rogue you. (Hugi 
her.) 

Flora. Little rogue ! Pr'ythee, fellow, don't be so familiar. 
(^Pushes him aivai/.) If I mayn't keep your ring, I can keep my kisses. 

Lis. You can, you say ? Spoke with the air of a chambermaid. 

Flora, lleplied with the spirit of a serving man. 

Reenter Yiol.vnte, d. r. h. 1 e. 

Lis. Pr'ythee, Flora, don't let you and I fall out ; I am in a merry 
humor, and shall certainly fall in somewhere. 

Flora. What care I where you fall in ! 

I'io. Why do you keep Lissardo so long, Flora, when you don't 
know how soon my father may awake ? His afternoon naps are never 
long. 

Flora. (^Aside.^ Had Don Felix been with her, she would not 
have thought the time long. These ladies consider nobody's wants but 
their own. 

Vio. Go, go, let him out. (Floha f/oes tip to table and gets candle.) 

Flora. Yes, madam. 

Lis. I fly, madam. (^Exeunt Lissardo and Flora, d. l. h. 1 e.) 

Vio. The day draws in, and night, the lover's friend, advances — 
night, more welcome than the sun to me, because it brings my love. 

Flora. (^Within, 1 e. i.. n.) Ah, thieves, thieves ! murder, mur- 
der ! 

Vio. (^Shrieks.) Ah, defend me, Heaven ! what do I hear ? Fe- 
lix is certainly pursued, and will be taken. 

ReSnter Flora, luith a broken candle in candlestick, rumiing, 

D. L. II. 1 E. 

How now ! Why dost stare so ? Answer me quickly ; what's tht 
matter ? 

Flora. O madam, as I was letting out Lissardo, a gentleman 
rushed between him and me, struck down my candle, and is bringing a 
dead person in his arms into our house. 

Vio. Ha ! a dead person ! Heaven grant it does not prove my 
Felix. 

Flora. Here they are, madam. 

1'io. I'll retire till you discover the meaning of this accident. 

(^Exit, D. 11. II. 1 E. Flora places chair, c.) 

Enter Colonel Britox, d. l. h. 1 e., with Isabella in his arms, 
whom he sets down in a chair, and addresses himself to Flora. 

Col. B. Madam, the necessity this lady was under of being con- 
veyed into some house ^A■ith speed and secrecy, will, I hope, excuse any 
indecency I might be guilty of in pressing so rudely into this — I am 
an entire stranger to her name and circumstances. — {Aside.) Would I 
were so to her beauty, too ! — I commit her, madam, to your care, 



SCENE I.] THE WONDEK. Ifi 

and fly to make her retreat secure ; if the street be clear, permit 
me to return, and learn from her own mouth if I can be further 
serviceable. Pray, madam, what is the lady of this house called ? 

Flora. Violante, seignior. 

Col. B. Are you she, madam ? 

Flora. Only her woman, seignior. 

Col. B. Your humble servant, mistress. Pray be careful of the 
lady. {Drops letter. Gives her two moidores, and exit, d. l. h. 1 e.) 

Flora. Two moidores ! Well, he is a generous fellow. ThLs is the 
only way to make one careful. 

Reenter Violante, d. e. h. 1 e. 

Vio. "Was you distracted. Flora, to tell my name to a man you 
never saw ? Unthinking wench ! Who knows what this may turn 
to ? What, is the lady dead ? Ah, defend me, Heaven ! 'tis Isabella, 
sister to my Felix. What has befallen her ? Pray Heaven he's safe. 
Run and fetch some cold water. Stay, stay. Flora — Isabella, friend, 
speak to mc — O, speak to me, or I shall die with apprehension. 

Isa. O, hold, my dearest father, do not force me. Indeed I cannot 
love him. 

Vio. How wild she talks ! 

Isa. Ha ! Where am I ? 

Vio. With one as sensible of thy pain as thou thyself canst be. 

Isa. Violante ! what kind star preserved and lodged me here ? 

Flora. It was a terrestrial star, called a man, madam ; pray Jujiiter 
he proves a lucky one. 

Isa. O, I remember now. Forgive me, dear Violante ; my 
thoughts ran so much upon the danger I escaped, I forgot. 

Vio. IMay I ncrt know your story ? 

Isa. Thou art no stranger to one part of it. I have often told thee 
that my father designed to sacvitice me to Don Guzman, who, it seems, 
is just returned from Holland, and expected ashore to-morrow, the 
day that he has set to celebrate our nuptials. Upon my refusing to 
obey him, he locked me into my chamber, vowing to keep me there 
till he arrived, and force me to consent. I know my father to be posi- 
tive, never to be won from his design ; and having no hope left me to 
escape the marriage, I leaped from the window into the street. 

Vio. You have not hurt yourself, I hope. 

Isa. No ; a gentleman passing by, by accident, caught me in his 
arms : at first, my fright made me apprehend it was my father, till he 
assured me to the contrary. 

Flora. He is a very fine gentleman, I promise you, madam ; and 
a well-bred man, I warrant him. I think I never saw a grandee put 
his hand into his pocket Avith a better air in my whole lifetime ; then 
he opened his purse with such a grace, that nothing but his manner of 
presenting me with the gold could equal. 

Vio. Go, leave us. Flora. {Exit Flora, d. r. h. 1 e.) But how 
came you hither, Isabella ? 

Isa. I know not ; I desired the stranger to convey me to the next 
monastery ; but ere I reached the door, I saw, or fancied that I saw. 



15 THE AVONDER. [ACT II. 

Lissardo, my brother's man ; and the thought that his master might 
not be far off, flung me into a swoon, which is all that I can remember. 
Ha ! what's here i (^Piclcs up letter on sta^e. " For Colonel Briton. 
To be left at the pist-house in Lisbon.") This must be dropped by the 
stranger who brought me hither. 

Vu). Thou art fallen into the hands of a soldier ; take caie he does 
not lay thee under contribution, girl. 

Isn. I lind he is a gentleman ; and if he is but unmarried, I could 
be Content to follow^ him all the world over. But I shall never see him 
more, 1 fear. [Sif/hs and jxitises.) 

Vio. What makes you sigh, Isabella ? 

Isa. The fear of falling into my father's clutches again. 

Vio. Can I be serviceable to you ? 

Isa. Yes, if you conceal me two or three days. 

Via. You command my house and secrecy. 

Isa. I thank you, Violante. I wish you would oblige me with 
Mrs. Flora a while. 

Vio. I'll send her to you. I must watch if 'dad be still asleep, or 
here will be no room for Felix. {Exit, d. r. h. 1 e.) 

Isa. ^Vell, 1 don't know what ails me ; methinks I wish I could 
find this stranger out. 

Reenter Flora, d. r. h. 1 E. 

Flora. Does yoiu- ladyship want me, madam ? 

Isa. Ay, Mrs. Flora, I resolve to make you my confidant. 

Flora. I shall endeavor to discharge my dutj', madam. 

Isa. I doubt it not, and desire you to accept this as a token of my 
gratitude. 

Flora. O, dear signora, 1 should have been your humble servant 
without a fee. 

Isa. I believe it. But to the purpose — do you think, if you saw 
the gentleman who brought me hither, you should know him again ? 

Flora. From a thousand, madam : I have an excellent memory 
where a handsome man is concerned. "When he went a^^■ay, he said 
he would return again immediately. I wonder he comes not. 

Isa. Here, did you say? You rejoice me — though I'll not see 
him if he comes. Could not you contrive to give him a letter ? 

Flora. With the air of a duenna. 

Isa. Not in this house — you must veil and follow him. He must 
not know it comes from me. 

Flora. AVhat, do you take me for a novice in love affairs r Though 
I have not practised the art since I have been in Donna Yiolante's ser- 
vice, yet I have not lost the theory of a chambermaid. Do you write 
the letter, and leave the rest to me — here, here, here's pen, ink, and 
paper. 

Isa. I'll do it in a minute. (^Sits at table, c, and writes.) 

Flora. So ! tlris is a bu.siness after my own heart : Love always 
takes care to reward his labftrers, and Great Britain seems to be his fa- 
vorite country. O, I lonp to see the other two moidores with a Brit- 
ish air. Methinks there' i a grace peculiar to that nation in making 
a present. 



THE WONDER. 



17 



Isa. So, I have done — now if he docs but find this house again. 

Fhra. If he should not, I warrant I'll find him, if he's in Lisbon ; 
for I have a strong possession that he has two more moidores as good 
as ever were told. {Puis the letter into her bosom.) 

Reenter Violante, d. i , h. 1 e. 

Vio. Flora, watch my papa ; he's fast asleep in his study : if you 
find him stir, e;ive me notice. (Felix fa])s at the icindoiv, l. h. 2 e.) 
Hark, I hear Felix at the window ; admit him instantly, and then to 
your post. {Exit Flora, d. l. h. 1 e.) 

Isa. What say you, Violante ? Is my brother come ? 

Vio. It is his signal at the window. 

Isa. {Kneels. ) 0, Violante ! I conjure thee by all the love thou 
bear'st to Felix, by thy own generous nature, nay more, by that un- 
spotted virtue thou art mistress of, do not discover to my brother I am 
here ! 

Vio. Contrary to your desii-e, be assured 1 never shall. But where'? 
the danger ? 

iisrt. Art thou born in Lisbon, and ask that question ? He'll think 
his honor bknushed by my disobedience, and would restore me to my 
father, or kill me : therefore, dear, dear girl 

Vio. Depend upon my friendship ; nothing shall draw the secret 
from these lips ; not even Felix, though at the hazard of his love. I 
hear him coming ; retire into that closet. 

Isa. Remember, Violante, upon thy promise my very life depends. 

{Exit, D. E. H. 1 E.) 

Vk). When I betray thee, may I share thy fate ! 

Enter Felix, d. l. h. 1 e. 

My Felix ! my everlasting love ! {Runs into his arms.) 

Fel. My life ! my soul ! Violante ! 

Vio. AVhat hazards dost thou run for me ? O, how shall I re- 
quite thee ? 

Fel. If, during this tedious, painful exile, thy thoughts have never 
wandered from thy Felix, thou hast made me more than satisfaction. 

Vio. Can there be room within this heart for any but thyself? 
No, if the god of love were lost to all the rest of human kind, thy im- 
age would secure him in my breast : I am all truth, all love, all faith, 
aiid know no jealous fears. 

Fel. My heart's the proper sphere where love resides : could he 
quit that, he would be nowhere found; and yet, Violante, I'm in doubt. 

Vio. Did I ever give thee cause to doubt, my Felix ? 

Fel. True love has many fears, and fears as many eyes as fame ; yet 
sure I think they see no fault in thee. (Coloxel Ekitox taiis at the 
toindow, L. ir. 2 e.) What's that r {Taps again.) 

Vio. What? I hear nothing. {Afjain.) 

Fel. Ha ! What means this signal at your window ? 

Vio. Some one, perhaps, in passing by, might hava accidentally 
hit it ; it can be nothing else. 
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13 THE WONDER. [ACT II. 

Col. B. {^Without, atwindoio, 2 E. L. H.) Hist, hist ! Donna Vio- 
lante ! Donna Violante ! 

Fel. They use your name by accident too, do they, madam ? 
(^Crosses to u. h.) 

Reenter Flora, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Flora, (l. h. Aside to Violante.) There is a gentleman at 
the window, madam, which I fancy to be the same who brought Isa- 
bella hither. Shall 1 admit him r 

I'to. (0. Aside.) Admit distraction rather ! Thou art the cause 
of this, unthinking %\Tetch ! 

Fel. (R. H.) What, has Mrs. Scout brought you fresh intelli- 
gence ? Death, I'll know the bottom of this immediately. (^About 
to go.) 

Flora. Scout ! I scorn your words, seignior ! ( The Colonel taps 
louder. — Aside.) It must be the colonel — now to deliver my letter 
to him. {Exit, d. l. n. 1 e.) 

Vio. Nay, nay, nay, you must not leave me. {Runs and catches 
hold of him.) 

Fel. O, 'tis not fair not to answer the gentleman, madam. It is 
none of his fault that his visit proves unseasonable. Pray let me go : 
my presence is but a restraint upon you. {Strvfojles to get from 
her.) Hark, he grows impatient at your delay. Why do you hold 
the man whose absence would oblige you ? Pray let me go, madam. 
Consider the gentleman wants you at the window — Confusion ! 
{Struggles.) 

Vio. It is not me he wants. 

Fel. Death ! not you ? Is there another of your name in the 
house? But come on, convince me of the truth of what you say; 
open the window. If his business does not lie with you, your con- 
versation may be heard. This, and only this, can take off my sus- 
picion. What, do you pause ? O, guilt ! guilt ! Have I caught 
you ? Nay, then I'll leap the balcony. If I remember, this way leads 
to it. {Breaks from her, and goes to R. ii. D.) 

Vio. Hold, hold, hold, hold ! not for the world you enter there ! 
— {Aside.) Which way shald I preserve his sister from his knowledge ? 

Fel. What, have I touched you ? Do you fear your lover's life ? 

Vio. I fear for none but you. Por goodness' sake, do not speak 
so loud, my Felbc. If my father hears you, I am 7 ist forever. Felix ! 
Felix! your curiosity shall be satisfied. {Goes to the ^cindoio, 2 e. 
L. H., throios up the sash.) Whoe'er you are, that Avith such insolence 
dare use my name, and give the neighborhood pretence to reflect upon 
my conduct, I charge you instantly to be gone, or expect the treatment 
you deserve. 

Col. B. {Without, 2 E. L. ir.) I ask pardon, madam, and wul 
obey ; but, -v\hen I left this house to-night 

Fel. Good. 

Vio. You are mistaken in the house, I suppose, sir. 

Fel. No, no, he's not mistalien. Pray, madam, let the gentleman 
goon. 



SCENE 1.] THE 'WONDER. 19 

Vio. Pray be gone, sir; I know of no business you have here. 

Col. B. I wish I did not know it cither. But this house contains 
my soul ; then can you bhinie my body for hovering about it : 

Fel. Excellent. 

Vio. I tell you again, you are mistaken ; however, for your own 
satisfaction, call to-morrow. 

Fd. Matchless impudence ! an assignation before my face. No, he 
shall not live to meet your wishes. ( Takes out a pistol, and goes to- 
wai'ch the windoio, L. h. 2 e. ; she catches hold of him.) 

Vio. Ah ! (^shrieks,) hold, I conjure you. 

Col. B. To-morrow's an age, madam ! May I not be admitted to- 
night ? 

Vio. If you be a gentleman, I command your absence. — (^Aside.) 
Unfortunate, what will my stars do with me ? 

Col. B. I have done. Only this — be careful of my Hfe, for it is 
in your keeping. {Exit from the icindoio.) 

Fcl. Pray observe the gentleman's request, madam. {Walks from 
her.) 

Vio. I am all confusion. 

Fel. You are all truth, all love, all faith : O, thou all women ! 
HoAV have I been deceived ! 'Sdcath, could you not have imposed upon 
me ibr this one night ? Could neither my faithful love, nor the haz- 
ard I have run to see you, make me worthy to be cheated on ? O, 
thou - — 

Vio. Can I bear this from you ? (Weeps.) 

Fel. {Re})eats.) "When I left this house to-night." To-night, 
the devil ! returned so soon ! 

Vio. {Aside.) O, Isabella! what hast thou involved me in ? 

Fel. {Re]}eats.) " This house contains my soul." O, sweet soul ! 

Vio. {Aside.) Yet I resolve to keep the secret. 

Fel. {Repeats.) " Be careful of my life, for 'tis in your keeping." 
Damnation ! how ugly she appears ! {Looks at her.) 

Vio. Do not look so sternly on me ; but believe me, Felix, I have 
not injured you, nor am I false. 

Fd. Not false ? not injured me ? O, Yiolante, lost and abandoned 
to thy vice ! Not false ! O, monstrous ! 

Vio. Indeed, I am not. There is a cause Avhich I must not reveal. 
O, think how far honor can oblige your sex. Then allow a Avoman 
may be bound by the same rule to keep a secret. 

Fd. Honor ! "SVhat hast thou to do with honor, thou that canst 
admit plurality of lovers ? A secret ! ha, ha, ha ! his aifairs are won- 
drous safe, who trusts his secrets to a woman's keeping ; but you need 
give yourself no trouble about clearing this point, madam, for you are 
become so indifferent to me, that your truth and falsehood are the same, 

Vio. ]My love. 

Fel. My torment ! 

ReHnter Flora, door L. H. 1 E. 

Flora. So, I have delivered my letter to the colonel, and received 
my fee. Madam, your father bade me see what noise that was. 
{Crosses, k. h.) For goodness' sake, S'r, why do you speak so loud ? 



20 THE WOXDER. ''ACT III. 

Fel. I understand my cue, mistress ; my absence is necessar}', I'll 
oblige you. (^Going, Violante takes hold of him. Exit Flojiv., n. 

K. II. 1 K.) 

Mo. O, let me undeceive you first. 
Fcl. Impossible. 

Vio. 'Tis very pos-sible, if I durst. 
Fel. Durst ! ha, ha, ha ! dvu'st, quotha ! 
Via. But another time I'll tell thee all. 
Fel. Nay, now or never. 
Vio. Now, it cannot be. 

Fel. Then it shall never be. Thou most ungrateful of thy sex, fare • 
well. (^Breaks from her, and exit, D. L. n. 1 E.) 

Vio. O, exquisite trial of my friendship ! Yet not even this shall 
draw the secret from me. 

That I'll preserve, let fortune frown or smile ; 
And trust to love, my love to reconcile. 

(Exit, D. E. H. 1 z ) 



END OF ACT II. 



ACT III. 
Scene I. — A Street, 1 g. 

Enter Don Lopez, l. h. 1 e. 

Lop. Was ever man thus plagued ? Odsheart, 1 could swallow 
my dagger for madness. I know not Avhat to think ; sure, Frederic 
had no hand in her escape. She must get out of the window ; and 
she could not do that without a ladder : and who could bring it her 
but him? Ay, it must be so. This graceless baggage ! But I'll to 
Frederic immediately ; I'll take the alguazil with me, and search his 
house ; and if I tind her, I'll use her — by St. Anthony, I don't know 
how I'll use her. (Exit, ii. h. 1 e.) 

Enter Colonel Briton, with Isabella's letter in his hand ; Gibuy 
folloicing, L. H. 1 E. 

Col. B. Well, though I could not see my fair incognita, fortune, 
to make me amends, has flung another intrigue in my way. O, how 
I love these pretty, kind, coming females, that won't give a man the 
trouble of racking his invention to deceive them ! Th'.s letter I received 
from a lady in a veil — some duenna : some necessary implement of 
Cupid. I suppose the style is frank and easy ; I hope like her that 
writ it. ( Reads.) " Sir, I have seen your jyerson, and like it — " very 
concise — " a}id, if yoxt'll meet me at four o'clock in the morning upon 



SCENE II.] THE -WONDER. 21 

thi.', Terriern de Passa, h'llf an hours conversaiion will let me into ijyur 
mind" — ha, ha, ha! a philosophical wench; this is the first time I 
ever kne\v a Avoman had any business with the mind of a man — 
" //' your iiiielkcts answer your ouUvard appearance, the adventure may 
not disjdease you. I expect you II not attempt to see my face, nor ojfer 
any thing unbecoming the gentleman I take you for." Humph, the 
gentleman she takes me for ! I hope she takes me to be flesh and 
blood, and then I'm sure I shall do nothinfj unbecoming a gentleman. 
Well, if I must not see her face, it shall go hard if I don't know 
where she lives. Gibby. 

Gibby. Here and lik yer honor. 

Col, B. Follow me at a good distance ; do you hear, Gibby ? 

Gibby. In troth dee I, weel eneugh, sir. 

Col. B. I am to meet a lady on the Terriero de Passa. 

Gibby. The deel an mine eyn gin I ken her, sir. 

Col. B. But you will when you come there, sirrah. 

Gibby. Like eneugh, sir ; I have as sharp an eyn tul a bonny lass 
as ere a lad in aw Scotland : and what mun I dee wi' her, sir ? 

Col. B. Why, if she and I part, you must watch her home, and 
bring me word where she lives. 

Gibby. In troth, sail I, sir, gin the deel tak her not. 

Col. B. Come along, then ; 'tis pretty near the time. I like a wo- 
man that rises early to pursue her inclination. 

Thus we improve the pleasures of the day. 
While tasteless mortals sleep their time away. 

(^Exeunt, ii. H. 1 E.) 



Scene II.' — Handsome Chamber in Frederic's House, 2 c, D. F. 
R. H., practical. Set door, R. h. 1 e. 

Enter Inis and Lissardo, d. r. h. 1 e. 

Lis. Your lady run away, and you know not whither, say you ? 

Inis. She never greatly cared for me after finding you and I to- 
ether : but you are very grave, methinks, Lissardo. 

LSs. (Looking on the ring.) Not at all. I have some thoughts, 
mdeed, of altering my course of living ; there is a critical minute in 
every man's life, which, if we can but lay hold of, he may make his 
fortune. 

Inis. (Aside.) Ah! what do I see ? a diamond ring! Where 
the dense had he that ring ? — You have got a very pretty ring there, 
Lissardo. 

Lis. Ay, the trifle is pretty enough ; but the lady which gave it to 
me is a bona roba, in beauty, I assure you. (Cocks his hat, and struts.) 

Inis. I can't bear this — the lady. — (Aside.) What lady, pray ? 

Lis. O fie ! There's a question to ask a gentleman. 

Inis. A gentleman ! Why, the fellow's spoiled ! Is this your 
.ove for me ? Ungrateful man, you'll break my heart, so you will 
(Bursts into tears.) 

Lis. (Aside.) Poor, tender-hearted fool. 



2^ TUB -WOXDEK. UcT lU. 

Inis. If I knew who gave you that ring, I'd tear her eyes out, so 
I would. (Sobs.) 

Lis. (Aside.) So, now the jade wants a little coaxing. Why, 
what dost weep for now, my dear, ha r 

Inis. I suppose Flora gave you that ring ; but I'll 

Lis. No, the devil talce me if she did ; vou make mo swta- now. 
— (^Aside.) So. they are all for the ring ; but I shall bob 'em. — I did 
but joke ; the ring is none of mine, it is mv master's ; I am to give it 
to be new set, that's all ; therefore pr'ythee dry thy eyes, and kiss me, 
come. 

Elite)- Flora, unobserved, L. ii. 1 e. 

Inis. And do you really speak truth now ? 
Lis. Why do you doubt it ? 

Flora. {Aside.) So, so, very well ! 1 thought there was an in- 
tngue between him and Inis, for all he has forsAvorn it so often. (Goes 

tip, L. C.) ^ 

Inis. Nor hain't you seen Flora since you came to to^vn ? 

Flora. (Aside.) Ha ! how dares she mention my name? 

Lis. No, by this kiss, I hain't. (Kisses her.) 

Flora. (Aside.) Here's a dissembling varlet. 

Liis. Nor don't you love her at all r 

Lis. Love the devil ! Why, did I not always tell thee she was my 
aversion ? 

Flora. Did you so, villain ? (Gioes him a box on the ear.) 

Lis. (Aside.) Zounds, she's here ! I have made a fine piece of 
work on't. 

Inis. AVhat's that for, ha ? (Goes up to her.) 

Flora. I shall tell you by and bj-, Mrs, Frippery, if you don't get 
about your business. 

Inis. Who do you call Frippery, IMrs. Trollop ■ Pray get about 
your business, if you go to that ; I hope you pretend to no ri^ht and 
title here. ° 

Lis. (Aside.) What the devil do they take me for? an acre of 
land, that they quarrel about right and title to me ? 

Flora. Pray, what right have you, mistress, to ask that question ? 

Inis. No matter for that ; I can show a better title to him than 
you, I believe. 

Lis. So, now I am as great as the famed Alexander. But my dear 
Statira and Roxana, don't exert yourselves so much about me : now, 
I fancy if you would agree lovingly together, I might, in a modest war, 
satisfy both your demands upon me. 

Flora. You satisfy ! No, sirrah, I am not to be satisfied so soon as 
you think, perhaps. 

Inis. No, nor I neither. What, do you make no difference be- 
tween us ? 

Flora. You pitiful fellow, you! What, you fancy, I warrant, 
that I gave myself the trouble of dogging you out of love to your 
filthy person ; but you are mistaken, sirrah. It was to detect your 
treachery. How often have you sworn to me that you hated Inis, 
and only carried fair for the good cheer she gave you"; but that you 
could never like a woman with crooked legs, you said. 



SCENE II. j THE WONDER. 23 

Ini-s. How, how, sirrah, crooked legs ! Odds, I could find in iny 
heart (^Raises her dress a little.') 

Lis. (^Drops clown on his knee, and holds his hat before his e>/:'S.) 
Here's a lying young jade, novv' ! Pr'ythee, my dear, moderate thy 
passion . ( Coaxin;;li/. ) 

Inis. I'd have you to know, sirrah, my legs were never — Your 
master, I hope, understands legs better than you do, sir. {Passion 
atebj.) 

Lis. My master — so. (Shahes his head and wiiiJcs.) 

Flora. (Aside.) I am glad I have done some mischief, however. 

Lis. {To Ixis.) Art thou really so foolish as to mind Avhat an 
enraged woman says? Don't you see she does it on purpose to part 
you and I ? {Runs to Flora.) Could not you find the joke without 
putting yourself in a passion ? you silly girl, you. Why, I saw you 
follow us plain enough, and said all this that you might not go back 
with only your labor for your pains. But you are a revengeful young 
slut though, I tell you that ; but come, kiss and be friends. 

Flora. Don't think to coax me ; hang your kisses. 

Fel. { Without, L. H. 1 E.) Lissardo ! 

Lis. {Aside.) Odshcart, here's my master ; the devil take both 
these jades for me ; what shall I do with them ? 

Inis. {Aside.) Ha! 'tis Don Felix's voice ; I would not have him 
find me here with his footman for the world. 

Fel. {Without, L. H.) Why, Lissardo, Lissardo ! 

Lis. Coming, sir. AVhat a plague will you do ? 

Flora, Bless me, which way shall I get out ? 

Lis. Nay, nay, you must e'en set your quarrel aside, and be con- 
tent to be mewed up in this clothes press together, or stay where you 
are, and face it out — there is no help for it. 

Flora. Put me any where, rather than that : come, come, let me 
in. (Lissardo opens door, r. and Flora exit, d. f. r.) 

Inis. I'll see her hanged before I'll go into the place where she is. 
I'll trust fortune with my deliverance. Here used to be a pair of back 
stairs ; I'll try to find them out. {Exit, n. k. 2 e.) 

Enter Don Felix and Frederic, l. n. 1 e. 

Fel. Was you asleep, sirrah, that you did not hear me call ? 

Lis. I did hear you, and answered you I was coming, sir. 

Fel. Go, get the horses ready ; I'll leave Lisbon to-night, never to 
see it more. 

Lis. Hey-day ! what's the matter now ? {Exit, l. h. 1 e.) 

Fred. Pray tell me, Don Felix, what has ruffled your temper 
thus ? 

Fel. A woman. O, friend, who can name woman, and forget in- 
constancy ? 

Fred. This from a person of mean education were excusable ; such 
low suspicions have their source from vulgar conversation ; men of 
your politer taste never rashly censure. Come, this is some groimdless 
jealousy. Love raises many fears. 

Fel. No, no ; my ears conveyed the truth into my heart, and rea- 



24 THE VrONDER. [ACT IH. 

son justifies my anger. O, my friend ! Violante's false, and I have 
nothing left but thee in Lisbon, which can make me ■\visli ever to see 
it more ; except revenge upon my rival, of -whom I am ignorant. O 
that some miracle would reveal him to me, that I might through his 
heart punish her infidelity ! 

Reenter Lissardo, l. h. 1 e. 

Lis. O, sir ! here's j'oiir father, Don Lopez, coming up. 

Fd. Does he know that I am here ? 

Lis. I can't tell, sir. He asked for Don Frederic. 

Fred. Did he see you ? 

Lis. I believe not, sir ; for as soon as I saw hira, 1 ran back to give 
my master notice. 

Fel. Keep out of his sight then. (^Exit Lissardo, l. h. 1 e.) 
And, dear Frederic, permit me to retire into the next room, for I know 
the old gentleman will be very much displeased at my return without 
his leave. (^Ezit", d. r. ii. 1 e.) 

Fred. Quick, quick, be gone ; he is here. 

Lop, {Without.} Mr. Alguazil, wait you without till I call for 
you. 

Enter Don Lopez, l. h. 1 e. 

Frederic, an affair brings me here, which requires privacy, so that if 
you have any body within ear-shot, pray order them to retire. 

Fred. (r. h.) We are private, my lord ; speak freely. 

Lop. (l. h.) Why, then, sii-, I must tell you that you had better 
have pitched upon any man in Portugal to have injured than myself. 

Fred. I understand you not, my lord. 

Lop. Though 1 am old, I have a son. Alas, why name I him ? 
he knows not the dishonor of my house. 

Fred. Explain yourself, my lord ; I am not conscious of any dis- 
honorable action to any man, much less to your lordship. 

Lop. 'Tis false ! you have debauched my daughter. 

Fred. My lord, I scorn so foul a charge. 

Lnp. You have debauched her duty at least ; therefore instantly re- 
store her to me, or, by St. Anthony, I'll make you. 

Fred. Restore her, my lord ! where shall I find her ? 

Lop. I have those that will swear she is here in your house. 

Fred. You are misinformed, my lord ; upon my reputation, I have 
not seen Donna Isabella since the absence of Don Felix. 

Lop. Then pray, su-, if I am not too inquisitive, what motive had 
you for those objections j-ou made against her marriage with Don Guz- 
man yesterday ? 

Fred. The disagreeablencss of such a match, I feared, would give 
your daughter cause to curse her duty, if she complied with your de- 
mands ; that was all, my lord. 

Lop. And so you helped her through the Avindow, to make her 
disobey. 

Fred. This is insulting me, my lord, when I assure you, 1 have 
neither seen nor known any thing of your daughter. If she is gone, 
the contrivance was her own, and you may thank your rigor for it. 



SCENE II.J THE ^VONDEH, 2-5 

Lop. Very well, sir ; however, my rigor shall make bold x:: searcli 
your house. Here, call in the alguazil — • 

Flora. (R. D. F.) The alguazil ! "What, in the name of ■wondex, 
will become of me ? 

FrecL The alguazil ! My lord, you'll repent this. 

Enter Alguazil and tteo attendants, l. ji. 1 e. 

Lop. No, sir, 'tis you that \\i\\ repent it. 1 charge j-ou, in the 
king's name, to assist me in finding my daughter. Be sure you leave 
no part of the house unsearchcd. Come, foUowme. (Crosses towards 
door, 1 E, R. II., tvhere Felix is. Frederic draws, and plants him- 
self before the door, 1 E. R.) 

Fred. (ii. ii.) Sir, I must first know by what authority j-ou pre- 
tend to search my house, belbre you enter here. 

Air;. How, sir, dare you presume to draw your sword upon the 
representative of majesty r I am, sii", his majesty's alguazil, and the 
very quintessence of authority — therefore put up your sword, or I 
shall order you to be knocked down. For know, sir, the breath of an 
alguazil is as dangerous as the breath of a demiculverin. 

Lop. She is certainly in that room, by his guarding the door ; if he 
disputes your authoritj-, knock him down, I say. 

Fred. I shall show you some sport first. The woman you look for 
is not here ; but there is something in this room which I'll preserve 
from your sight at the hazard of my life. 

Lop. Enter, I say ; nothing but my daughter can be there. Force 
his sword from him. (Lopez aiid Alguazil advance to D. R. ii. 
Felix comes out of d. r. h. 1 e.) 

Fkl. Villains, stand off ! assassinate a man in his own house ! 

Lop. (), O, O, misericordia ! what do I see, my son ? 

APi. Ha, his son ! Here's five hundred pounds good, my breth- 
ren, if Antonio dies ; and that's in the surgeon's power, and he's in 
love with my daughter, you know ; so seize him. 

Lop. Hold, hold ! O that ever I was born ! 

Fred. Did I not tell you you would repent, my lord ? What, 
ho ! Avithin there. 

Enter Vasquez, n. r. h. 1 e. 

Arm yourselves, and let not a man in or out but Felix. 

(Exit Vasquez, d. 1 e. b. n.) 

Fol. Generous Frederic ! 

Fred. Look ye, alguazil ; when you would betray my friend for 
filthy lucre, I shall no more regard you as an officer of justice, but as 
a thief and robber thus resist you. 

Fel. Come on, sir; we'll show you play for the five hundred 
pounds. 

Reenter Vasquez and two servants armed ivith swords, D. r. h. 1 e. 

Lop. Hold, hold, alguazil ; I'll give you the five hundred pounds ; 
3 



26 THE ■WONDER. [ACT ID 

that is, rny bond to pay upon Antonio's death, and twenty pistoles 
liowever things go, for you and these honest fellows to drink my 
health. 

A/ff. >Say you so, my lord ? Why, look ye, my lord, I bear the 
young gentleman no ill-will, my lord ; if I but get the five hundred 
pounds, my lord — why, look ye, my lord — 'tis the same thing to me 
whether your son be hanged or not, my lord. 

Fel. Scoundrels ! 

Lop, Ay, well, thou art a good-natured fellow, that is the truth 
on't. Come, then, we'll to the tavern, and sign and seal this min- 
ute. (Exeunt Alguazil, l. h. 1 e. ; servants, d. r. h. 1 e.) O, Fe- 
lix, why wouldst thou serve me thus ? But I cannot upbraid thee 
now, nor have I time to talk. Be careful of thyself, for thou wilt 
break my heart. ( Exeunt Lopez a?}d Vasquez, l. h. 1 e.) 

Fel. (l. IE.) Now, Frederic, though I ought to thank you for your 
care of me, yet, till I am satisfied as to my father's accusation, — for 
I overheard it all, — I can't return the acknowledgments I owe yoi-.. 
Know you aught relating to my sister ? 

Fred. (r. h.) I hope my faith and triith are known to you ; and 
here by both I sweai', I am ignorant of every tiling relative to your 
father's charge. 

Fel. Enough ; I do believe thee. O, fortune, where will thy mal- 
ice end ? 

Bcfinier Yasquez, l. h. 1 e. 

Vas. Sir, I bring you joyful news. 

Fel. What's the matter ? 

Vas. I am told that Don Antonio is out of danger, and now m .he 
palace. 

Fel. I wish it be true ; then I'm at liberty to watch my riva7, and 
pursue my sister. Pr'ythee, Frederic, inform thyself of the truth of 
this report. 

Fred. I will this minute. Do you hear ? — {To Vasquez.) Let 
nobod)' in to Don Felix tUl my return. Exit, e. h. 1 e.) 

Vas. I'll observe, sir. {Exit, l. ii. 1 e.) 

Flora. {Opens door, Tx. r.) They have almost frightened me out 
of my wits, I'm sure. Now Felix is alone, I have a good mind to 
pretend I came Avith a message from my lady ; but how then shall 1 
say I came into the cupboard ? 

Vas. {Without, l. h. 1 e.) I tell you, madam, Don Felix is not 
here. 

Vio. {Without, E. H. 1 e.) I tell you, sir, he is here, and I will 
see him. 

Fel. What noise is that ? 

Enter Yiolaxte, e. h. d. 

Vio. You are as difficult of access, sir, as a first minister of state. 
Flora. My stars ! my lady here ! {Closes door, R. r.) 

Fel. If your visit was designed to Frederic, madam, he is abroad. 
Vio, No, sir, the visit is to you. 



SCENE II.] THE WONDEIl. 27 

Fel. You are very punctual in j^our ceremonies, madam. 

Vio. Though I did not come to return your visit, but to take that 
which yonr civility ought to have brought nic. 

Fel. If my eyes, my ears, and my understanding lied, then I am 
in your debt ; else not, madam. 

I'm. I will not charge them with a term so gross, to say they lied, 
out call it a mistake ; nay, call it any thing to excuse my Felix. 
Could I, think ye, could I put off my ^mde so far, poorly to dissemble 
,\ passion which I did not feel, or seek a reconciliation with what I did 
not love ? No law, whilst single, binds us to obey ; but your sex are 
obliged to pay a deference to all woman kind. 

Fcl. These are fruitless arguments. 'Tis most certain thou wert 
dearer to these eyes than all that heaven e'er gave to charm the sense 
of man ; but I would rather tear them out, than suffer them to delude 
my reason, and enslave my peace. 

Vio. Can you love Avithout esteem ? and where is the esteem for 
her you still suspect ? O, Felix, there is a delicacy in love, which 
equals even a religious faith ! True love never doubts the object it 
adores, and sceptics there will disbelieve their sight. {Crosses, n. H.) 

Fel. Your notions ai'e too refined lor mine, madam. 

Reenter VASauEz, l. ji. I E. 

How now, sirrah, ■what do you want ? 

T as. Only my master's cloak out of this press, sir ; that's all. 

{Crosses behind to D. E. F.) 

FeL Make haste then. 

Vns. (Opens the door, E. F., and see Flora.) O, the devil ! the 
devil ! {Exit, l. n. 1 e.) 

Flora. Discovered ! Nay, then, legs befriend me. 

{Crosses stage and runs out, L. H. 1 E.) 

Vio. Ha ! a woman concealed ! Very well, Felix. 

Fel. A woman in the press ! 

Reenter Lissardo, l. h. 1 e. 

How the devil came a woman there, sirrah ? 

Lis. {Aside.) What shall I say now? 

Vio. Now, Lissardo, show your wit, to bring your master off. 

Lis. Off, madam ? Nay, nay, nay, there, there needs no great wit 
to, to, to, bring him off, madam ; for she did, and she did not come, 
as, as, as a, a, a man may say, directly to, to, to, to speak with my 
master, madam. 

Vio. I see by your stammering, Lissardo, that your invention is at 
a very low ebb. 

Fel. 'Sdeath, rascal ! speak without hesitation, and the truth too, 
or I shall stick my spado through your body. 

TVo. No, no, your master mistakes ; he would not have you speak 
the truth. 

Fel. Madam, my sincerity wants no excuse. 

Lis. (Aside.) I am so confounded between one and the other, that 
I can't think of a lie. 



28 THE ■WONDER. [ACX III. 

Fel. Sirrah, fetch me this woman back instantly ; I'll kno-w what 
business she had here ! 

Vio. Not a step ; your master shall not be put to the blush. Come, 
a truce, Felix ! Do you ask me no more que^-tions about the winrloAV, 
and I'll forgive this. 

Fcl. I scorn forgiveness ^^■hcre I own no crime ; but your soul, 
conscious of its guilt, would iain lay hold of this occasion to blend 
your treason with my innocence. 

Vio. Insolent ! Nay, if instead of owning your fault, you en- 
deavor to insult my patience, I must tell you, sir, you don't behave 
yourself like that man of honor you would be taken for ; you ground 
your quarrel with me upon your own inconstancy ; 'tLs plain you are 
false yourself, and would make me the aggressor. It was not for 
nothing the fellow opposed my entrance. This last usage has given 
me back my liberty, (crosses to l. h. ;) and now my father's will shall 
be obeyed without the least reluctance : and so your servant. 

(Exit, L. H. 1 E.) 

Fel. O, stubborn, stubborn heart, what wilt thou do r Htr la- 
ther's will shall be obeyed ; ha I that can-ies her to a cloister, and cuts 
off all my hopes at once. By Heaven she shall not, must not leave mo ! 
No, she is not false ; at least my love now represents her true, because 
I fear to lose her. Ha! villain, art thou here? {Turns upon Tuif^sxn- 
DO.) Tell me this moment who this woman was, and for what intent 
she was here concealed — or 

Lis. Ay, good sir, forgive me, and I'll tell you the whole truth. 

(Falls on his knees.") 

Fcl. Out with it then. 

Lis. It, it, it was Mrs. Flora, sir. Donna Yiolante's woman. You 
must know, sir, we have had a sneaking kindness for one another a 
great while. She was not willing you should know it ; so, when she 
heard your voice, she ran into the clothes press. I would have told 
you this at first, but I was afraid of her lady's knowing it ; this is the 
truth, as I hope for a whole skin, sir. 

Fel. If it be not, I'll not leave you a whole bone in it, sin-ah. Fly, 
and observe if Yiolante goes directly home. 

Lis. Yes, sir, yes. 

Fel. Fly, you dog, fly. (Exit Lissardo, l. h. 1 e.) 

I must convince her of my faith. O, how irresolute is a lover's heart! 
How absolute is a woman's power ! 

In vain we strive their tyranny to quit ; 
In vain we struggle, for we must submit. 

(Exit, D. E. H. 1 E.) 



SCEXE III. — The Tt-rriero cle Passa. Dox Pedko's House, -L. flat, \ 0. 

u. F. L. II., practical. Enter, 1 e. e. ii., Coloxel Britgx, and Isabel- 
la veiled ; Gibby at a distance. 

Col. B. Then you say it is impossible for me to wait upon you 
home, madara ? 



SCENE HI. THE ^VONDEIl. 29 

Isa. I say it is inconsistent with my circumstances, colonel, and 
that way impossible for me to admit of it. 

Col. B. Consent to go with me, then. I lodge at one Don Fred- 
eric's, a merchant, just by here : he is a very honest fellow, and 1 dare 
confide in his secrecy. 

Isa. {Aside.) Ha ! does he lodge there ? Pray Heaven I am not 
discovered. 

Col. B. What say you, my charmer ? shall we breakfast together ? 
I have some of the best tea in the universe. 

Isa. Pooh ! tea ! Is that the best treat you can give a lady at your 
lodgings, colonel ? 

Col. B. (Aside.) VieU hinted. — No, no, no, 1 have other things 
at thy sei'vice, child. 

Isa. What are these things, pray ? 

Col. B. My heart, soul, and body into the bargain. 

Isa. Has the last no incumbrance upon it r Can you make a clear 
title, colonel ? 

Col. B. All freehold, child ; and I'll afford thee a very good bar- 
gain. (^Embraces her.) 

Gihhij. (Aside.) O my sol, they mak miickle words about it. Ise 
sair weary with standing ; Ise e'en take a sleep. (Lies down.) 

Isa. If I take a lease, it must be for life, colonel. 

Col. B. Thou shalt have mc as long, or as little time as thou wilt, 
my dear. Come, let's to my lodging, and we'll sign and seal this 
minute. 

Isa. O, not so fast, colonel ; there are many things to be adjusted, 
before the lawyer and the parson come. 

C.)l. B. The lawj'er and parson ? No, no, you little rogue, we can 
finish our affairs without the help of the law — or the gospel. 

Isa. Indeed but Ave can't, colonel. 

Col. B. Indeed ! Why, hast thou then trepanned me out of my 
warm bed this morning for nothing ? Why, this is showing a man, 
half- famished, a well-furnished larder, then clapping a padlock on the 
door, till you starve him quite. 

Isa. If you can find in your heart to say grace, colonel, 3'ou shall 
keep the key. 

Col. B. 1 love to see my meat before I give thanks, madam ; there- 
fore uncover thy face, child, and I'll tell thee more of my mind. If I 
like you — 

Isa. I dare not risk my reputation upon your ifs, colonel, and so 
adieu. (Going.) 

Col, B. Nay, nay, nay, we must not part. 

Isa. As you ever hope to see me more, suspend your curiosity now ; 
one step farther loses me forever. Show yourself a man of honor, and 
you shall find me a woman of honor. 

Col. B. Well, for ouce, I'll trust to a blind targain, madam. 
(Kisses her hand. Exit Isabella, l. ii. 1 e.) But I shall be too cun- 
ning for your ladyship, if Gibby observes my orders. Methinks these 
intrigues which relate to the mind are verj' insipid — the conversation 
of bodies is much more diverting. Ha ! what do I see ? my rascal 
asleep ! Sirrah, did not I charge you to watch the ladv ? And is it 
3» 



30 THE AVOXDER. [ACT IH. 

thus you obsei"ve my orders, you dog. {^Kicks Gikby all this ichile ; 
GiBUY shruf]s, rubs his eyes, and yatcns.') 

Gibhy. That's true, and like ycr honor ; but I thought when yence 
you had her in ycr ane honds, ye might a ordered her yc-r sel well 
eneiigh M'ithout me, en ye ken, an like yer honor. 

Col. B. Siriifih, hold your impertinent tongue, and make haste af- 
ter her. If you don't bring me some account of her, never dare to see 
my face again. {Exit, ii. ir. 1 k.) 

Gihby. Ay, this is 1 ony wark indeed ! to run three hundi'cd mile 
to this wicked town, and before I can well fill my weam, to be sent a 
hunting after this black she-devil ! What gate sal I gang to speer 
for this wutch now ■ Ah, ibr a ruling elder, or the kirk's treasurer, 
or his mon, I'd gar my master male twa o'this. But I am sure there's 
na sic honest people here, or there wud na be sa mickle sculddudrie. 

Enter a Soi.nirK, r... ii., passing along. 

Good mon, did ye see a woman, a lady, ony gate here awe e'en now? 

.So/. Yes, a great niany. What kind of a woman is it you inquii-e 
after ? 

Gibby. Geud troth, she's na kensijekle ; she's aw in a cloud. 

Sol. What, 'tis some Highland monster, which you brought over 
with you, I suppose. I see no such, not I. Kenspeklc, quotha I 

Gibby. Huly, hidy, mon, the deel pike out yer een, and then ye'll 
see the bater, ye Portiguise tike. 

Sol. What says the fellow r ( Turns to Gibby.) 

Gibby. Say ? I say I am a better fellow than e'er stude upon your 
shanks — and gin I beer mair o'yer din, deel o'my saul, su', but Ise 
crack your croon. 

Sol. Get you gone, you Scotch rascal, and thank your heathen dia- 
lect, which I don't understand, that you hain't your bones broke. 

Gibby. Ay, an ye dinna understond a Scotsman's tongue, Ise see 
gm ye can understond a Scotsman's gripe. Wha's the better mon now, 
sir? {Lays hold of him, strikes up his heels, and gets astride over him.') 

Enter Yiolante, 1 e. r. h. ; Gibby rises and brushes np to her. Exit 
Soldier, l. h. 1 e. 

I vow, madam, but I am glad that ye and I are foregathered. 

Vio. What would the fellow have? 

Gibby. Nothing away, madam, no worth yer heart, Avhat a muckle 
deal o' mischief had you like to bring upon poor Gibby. 

Vio. The man's drunk. 

Gibby. In troth am I not. And gin I had no found ye, madam, 
the Laiid knows when I should ; for my master bad me ne'er gang 
hanie without tidings of ye, madam. 

J'io. SuTah, get about your business, or I'll have your bones 
drubbed. (Crosses, l. h.) 

Gibby. Geud faith, my raaister has e'en done that t'yer honds, 
madam. 

Vio. Who is your master, sir ? 

Gibby. Mony a ane speers the gate they ken right weel. It is no 



SCENE 1,J THE VTOXDEH. 31 

8a lang sen j"e parted -wi' liiin. 1 Avi^h he ken ye hafe as weel as ye 
ken him. 

Vio. Poh, the creature's mad, or mistakes me for somebody else ; 
and I should be as mad as he, to talk to him any longer. 

(^Exit into Don Pedro's hoitse, d. f. l. h.) 

Enter Lissardo, r. h. 1 e. 

Lis. So, she's gone home, I see. What did that Scotch fellow 
want with her ? I'll try to find it out ; perhaps I may discover some- 
thing that maj'' make my master friends vvith me again. 

Gibby. Are ye gone, madam ? A deel scope in ycr company ; for 
I'm as weese as I was. But I'll bide and see wha's house it is, gin I 
can meet with ony civil body to sj)eer at. ( Turns and sees Lissardo.) 
My lad, wot ye wha lives here ? 

Lis. Don Pedro de Mendoza. 

Gibby. And did you see a lady gang in but now r 

Lis. Yes, I did. 

Gibby. And d'ye ken her tee ? 

Lis. It Avas Donna Violante, his daughter. — (Aside.) "What the 
devil makes him so inquisitive ! There is something in it, that's cer- 
tain. 'Tis a cold morning, brother ; what think you of a dram ? 

Gibby. In troth, very weel, sir. 

Lis. You seem an honest fellow ; pr'ythce, let's drink to oiu- bet- 
ter acquaintance. 

Gibby. AV'i' aw my heart, sir ; gang your gate to the next house, 
and Ise follow ye. 

Lis. Come along, then. {Exit, r. h. 1 e.) 

Gibby. Don Pedro de Mendoza — Donna Violante, his daughter. 
That's as right as my leg, now; Ise need na mare ; I'll tak a drink, 
and then to my maister. 

I'll bring him news will mak his heart full blee ; 

Gin he rewards it not, deel pimp for me. {Exit, R. h. 1 e.) 

END OF ACT III. 



ACT IV. 

ScEXE 1. — Same as Act II. Violante's Lodgings. 

Enter Isabella, in a gay temper, and Violante, out of humor, 
D. E. H. 1 e. 

Isa. My dear, I have been seeking you this half hour, to tell you 
the most lucky adventure. 

Vio. And you have pitched upon the most unlucky hour for it 
that you could possibly have found in the whole four and twenty. 



32 THE -WO^fDEE. [ACI IT. 

Isa. Hang unlucky hours ! I won't think of them. I hope all my 
mi.«f 01 tunes are past. 

T7o. And mine all to come. 

Isa. I have seen the man I like. 

Vio. And I have seen the man that I could wish to h'lte. 

Iia. And you must assist me in discovering whether he can like 
n\e or not. 

Vio. You have assisted me in such a discovery already, 1 
thank ye. 

Isa. "What say you, my dear r 

Vio. I say I am very unlucky at discoveries, Isabella ; I have 
too lately made one pernicious to my case. Your brother is false. 

Isa. Impossible ! 

Vio. Most true. 

Isa. Some villain has traduced him to you. 

Vio. No, Isabella ; I love too well to trust the eyes of others ; I 
never credit the ill-judging world, or form suspicions upon vulgar 
censures. No ; I had ocular proof of his ingratitude. 

Isa. Then I am most imhappy. !My brother was the only pledge 
of faith betwixt us ; if he has forfeited your favor, I have no title to 
your friendship. 

Vio. You Mrong my friendship, Isabella ; your ov«-n merit entitles 
you to every thing within my power. 

Isa. Generous maid ! But may 1 not know Avhat grounds you 
have to think my brother false ? 

Vio. Another time. But tell me, Isabella, how can I serve you ? 

Isa. Thus, then : the gentleman that brought me hither I have 
seen and talked with upon the Tcrriero de Passa this morning, and I 
find him a man of sense, generosity, and good humor ; in short, he is 
every thing that I could like for a husband ; and I have despatched 
Mrs. Flora to bring him hither ; 1 hope you'll forgive the liberty 1 
have taken. 

Vio. Hither ! to what purpose ? 

Isa. To the great universal purpose — matrimony. 

Vio. Matrimony ! Why, do you design to ask him ? 

Isa. No, Yiolante; you must do that for me. 

Mo. I thank you for the favor you design me, but desire to be ex- 
cused. I manage mj- own affairs too ill to be trusted Avith those of 
other people. I can't, for my life, admire your conduct — to encour- 
age a person altogether unknown to you. 'Twas very imprudent to 
meet him this morning, but much more so to send lor him hither, 
knowing what inconveniency you have already drawn upon me. 

Isa. I am not insensible how far my misfortunes have embarrassed 
vou, and, if yoix please, will sacrifice my quiet to your own. 

Vio. Unkindly urged ! Have I not preferred your happiness to 
every thing that's dear to me ? 

Isa. I know thou hast ; then do not deny nic this last request, 
when a fcAV hours, perhaps, ma}" render my condition able to clear 
thy fame, and bring my brother to thy feet ibr pardon. 

Vio. I wish you don't repent of this affair. I supi^ose he kno'O's 
you are the same woman that he brought in here last nigh* r 



SCENE I.J THE WONDEH. 33 

Isa. Not a syllable of that. I met him veiled ; and, to prevent 
his knowing the house, I ordered Mrs. Flora to bring him by the back 
door into the garden. 

Tin. The very way -which Felix comes ; if they should meet there 
would be line work. Indeed, my dear, I can't approve of your 
design. 

Enter Flora, d. l. ii. 1 e. 

Flora. Madam, the colonel waits yonr pleasure. 

Via. How durst you go upon such a message, mistress, without 
acquainting me ? 

Flora. So, I am huffed for every thing. 

Isa. 'Tis too late to disiDute that now, dear Violante ; I acknowl- 
edge the rashness of the action, but consider the necessity of my de- 
Hvcrance. 

Vio. That indeed is a weighty consideration. Well, what am 1 
to do ? 

Isa. In the next room I'll give j-ou instructions. In the mean 
time, Mrs. Flora, shov/ the colonel into this. 
{Exeunt Flora, d. l. h. 1 e., Isabella and Violante, d. r. h. 1 e.) 

Reenter Flora, with Colonel Briton, d. l. ir. 1 e. 

Flora. The lady will wait on j-ou presently, sir. 

{Exit B. L. H. 1 E.) 

Col. B. Very well. This is a very fruitful soil ; I have not been 
here quite four and twenty hours, and I have three intrigues upon my 
hands already. 

Reenter Violante, d. r. h. 1 e., veiled. 

{Aside.) Ha ! a fine-sized woman. Pray Heaven she proves hand- 
some. — I am come to obey your ladyship's commands. 

Vio. Aie you sure of that, colonel ? 

Col. B. If you be not very unreasonable indeed, madam. A man 
is but a man, {Takes her hand and kisses it.) 

Vio. Nay, we have no time for compliments, colonel. My 
design is levelled at your person, if that be at your own disposal. 

Col. B. Ay, that it is ; faith, madam, and I'll settle it as firmly 
upon thee 

^io. As law can do it ? 

Col. B. Hang law in love affaii-s ! — {Aside.) A matrimonial 
hint again. 

Vio. Did 3'ou never see a woman in all your travels that you could 
hke for a wife ? 

Col. B. {Aside.) A very odd question. — Do you really expect 
that I should speak truth now ? 

Vio. I do, if you expect to be dealt with, colonel. 

Col. B. Why, then, yes. 

Vio. Is she in your countiy or this ? 

Col. B. {Aside.) This is a vfery pretty kind of a catfechism. — In 
this town, I b'elid^''e, madam. 



34 THE ■VVONDEK. [ACT rV 

Tio. Her name is 

Col. B. Ay, ho-w is she called, madam ? 

Tio. Nay, I ask you that, sir. 

Col. B. 0,0! why, she is called Pray, madam, how is it 

you spell your name ? 

Vio. O, colonel, I am not the happy "woman, nor do I wish it. 

Col. B. No ? I'm sorry for that. — {Aside.) What the devil 
does she mean by all those questions ? 

Tio. Come, colonel, for once be sincere ; perhaps you may not 
repent it. 

Col. B. (Aside.) This is like to be but a silly adventure, here's 
so much sincerity required. — Faith, madam, I have an inclination 
to sincerity ; but I'm afraid you'll call my manners in question. 

Vio. Not at all ; I prefer truth before compliment in this affair. 

Col. B. Why, then, to be plain with yon, madam, a lady last 
night wounded my heart by a fall from a window, whose person I 
could be content to take, as my father took my mother, till death do 
us part ; but who she is, or how distinguished, whether maid, wife, 
or widow, I can't inform you. Perhaps you are she. 

Tio. Not to keep you in suspense, I am not she ; but I can give 
you an account of her. That lady is a maid of condition, has ten 
thousands pounds ; and if you ai'e a single man, her person and for- 
tune are at your service. 

Col. B. I accept the offer with the highest transports ; but say, 
my charming angel, art thou not she ? (Offers to embrace her.) 

Tio. Once again, colonel, I tell you I am not she ; but at six this 
evening you shall find her on the Terriero de Passa, with a ■v^hite 
handkerchief in her hand. Get a priest ready, and you know 
the rest. 

Col. B. I shall infallibly observe your directions, madam. 

lieSnter Fi.ORiV, d. l. h. 1 e., hastily, and whispers Violante, who 
starts and seems surprised. 

Tio. Ha! Felix crossing the garden, say j'our T^Tiat shall I 
do now ? 

Col. B. You seem sui-prised, madam. 

Tio. O colonel, my father is coming hither ; and if he finds you 
here I am ruined. 

Col. B. Odslife, madam, thrust me any where. Can't I go out 
this way ? 

Tio. No, no, no — he comes that way. How shall I prevent their 
meeting ? Here, here, step into my bed chamber 

Col. B. O, the best place in the world, madam. 

Vio. And be still, as you value her you love. Don't stir till 
you've notice, as ever you hope to have her. 

Col. B. On that condition I'll not breathe. (^Exit D. E. H. 1 E.) 
(YiOLANTE ^j^aces chair and sits in centre.) 

Enter Felix, d. l. h. 1 e. 
Fel. I •wondo' where this dog of a sei-vant is all this while. But 



SCENE I.] THE WOXDER. 3S 

she is at home, 1 find. — (^Aside.) How coldly she regards me . — 
You look, Violante, as if the sight of me were troublesome to you. 

Vio. Can 1 do otherwise, when you have the as^^urance to ap- 
proach me after what I saw to-day ? 

Fel. Assurance ! rather call it good nature, after what I heard 
last night. But such regard to honor have I in my love to you, I 
cannot bear to be suspected, nor suffer you to entertain false notions 
of my truth, without endeavoring to convince you of my innocei.ce ; 
so much good nature have I more than you, Violante. Pray give me 
leave to ask j-our woman one question ; my man assm-es me she was 
the person you saw at my lodgings. 

Flora. I confess it, madam, and ask j'our pardon. 

Vio. Impudent baggage, not to vuideceive me sooner ! What 
business could you have there ? 

Fel. Lissardo and she, it seems, imitate you and me. 

Flora. I love to follow the example of my betters, madam. 

Fel. I hope I am justified 

Vio. Since we are to part, Felix, there needs no justification. 

Fel. Methinks you talk of parting as a thing indift'erent to you. 
Can you forget how I have loved ? 

Vio. I wish I could forget my own passion ; I should with less 
concern remember yours. But for Mrs. Flora 

Fel. You must forgive her. Must, did I say ? I fear I have no 
power to impose, though the uijury was done to me. 

Vio. 'Tis hai'der to pardon an injury done to what we love than to 
ourselves ; but, at your request, Felix, I do forgive her. Go watch 
my father. Flora, lest he should awake and surprise us. 

Flora. Yes, madam. (^Exit, d. l. h. 1 e.) 

Fel. Dost thou, then, love me, Violante ? 

Vio. What need of repetition from my tongue, when every look 
confesses what you ask ? 

Fel. O, let no man judge of love but those who feel it ! What 
wondrous magic lies in one kind look ! One tender word destroys a 
lover's rage, and melts his fiercest passion into soft complaint. O, 
the window, Violante ; wouldst thou but clear that one suspicion ! 

Vio, Pr' ythee no more of that, my FelLx ; a little time shall bring 
thee perfect satisfaction. 

Fel. Well, Violante, on condition you think no more of a mon 
astery, I'll wait with patience for this mighty secret. 

Vio. Ah, Felix, love generally gets the better of religion in both 
men and women. Resolutions made in the heat of passion ever dis- 
solve upon reconciliation. 

Reenter Floea, d. l. h. 1 e., hastily. 

Flora. O madam, madam, madam, my lord, your father, has been 
in the house, and locked the back door, and comes muttering to him- 
self this way. 

Vio. Then we are caught. Now, Felix, we are undone. 

Fel. Heaven forbid ! This is most unlucky ! Let me step into 
your bed chamber ; he won't look tinder the bed ; there I may con- 



36 THE "WONDEK. [aCT IT 

cea* mypelf. (7?«hs to the door, k. ir. 1 e., a7id puts his hand on the 
door /mob.) 

Vio. Xo, no, Felix, that's no safe place ; my father often goes 
thither, and should you cough or sneeze, Ave are lost. 

Fel. {Aside.) Either my eye deceived me, or I saw a man within. 
I'll watch him close. 

Flora. O, invention, invention ! I have it, madam. Here, here, 
sir ; off with your sword and hat, and I'll fetch you a disguise. 

(^Exit with Felix's hat and sword, D. v. R. ii.) 

Fel. (Aside.) She shall deal with the devil if she conveys him 
out without my knowledge. 

Via. Elcss me, how I tremble ! 

Reenter Flora, d. v. R. ii., toilh a disguise dress. 

Flora. Here, sir, pvit on this. Be sure you don't speak a word. 
Fel. Not for the Indies, (ruts on dress.) 

Fed. (Without, l. h. 1 e.) Why, how came the garden door 
open ? 

Enter Don Pedro, l. n. 1 e. 

Ha ! how now ? Whom have we here ? 

Flora. "lis my mother, and please you, sir. (Felix atid Flora 
couricsi/.) 

Fed. Your mother ! Ey St. Andrew she's a strapper ! Why, 
you are a dwarf to her. How many children have you, good 
woman ? 

Vio. (Aside.) O, if he speaks we are lost ! 

Flora. O dear, seignior, she cannot hear you ; she has been deaf 
these twenty years. 

Fed. Alas, jMor woman ! Why, you muffle her up as if she was 
blind too ; turn up her hood. 

J'io. (Aside.) Undone forever ! St. Anthony forbid ! — O, sir, 
she has the dreadfulest unlucky eyes ! Pray don't look upon them ; 
I made her keep her hood shut on purpose. O, O, O, O ! 

Fed. Eyes ! Why, what's the matter with her eyes ? 

l^lora. ^ly poor mother, sir, is much afflicted with the colic ; and 
about two months ago, she had it grievously in her stomach, and was 
over-persuaded to take a dram of filthy English Geneva, Avhich imme- 
diately flew up into her head, and caused such a defluxion in her 
eyes, that she could never since bear the daylight. 

I'ed. Say j'ou so ? Poor woman ! WeU, make her sit down, 
Violante, and give her a glass of wine. 

Vio. Let her daughter give her a glass below, sir. For my part, 
she has frightened me so, I shan't be myself these two hours. I am 
sure her eyes are evil eyes. 

Fed. Well, well, do so. Evil eyes ! there are no evil eyes, child. 

Flora, (f^pealis loud.) Come along, mother. (Crossing, L. H.) 

Fed. Good by, good woman. 

(Exeimt Felix and Flora, d. l. u. 1 e.^ 
Vio. (Aside.) I'm glad he's gone. 



SCENB l.J THE WONDEE. 37 

red. Ilast thou heard the ncvrs, Violantc ? 

Vio. AVhat news, sir ? 

Fed. Why, Vasquez tells me that Don Lopez's daughter, Isabella, 
is run away from her father : that lord has very ill fortune with his 
children. — {Asids.) Well, I'm glad my daughter has no inclination 
to mankind, that my house is plagued with no suitors. 

T'w. This is the lirst word I ever heard of it ; I pity her frailty ! 

Fed. Well said, Yiolante. Next week I intend thy happiness 
shall begin. 

ReSnter Flora, d. l. ii. 1 e., crosses behind to k. h., and exit, d. f. r. 
II., and re&ntcr with Felix's hat and sword, crosses, and exit, d. l. 
n. 1 E. 

Vio. (^Aside.) I don't intend to stay so long, thank you, papa. 
Fed. My lady abbess -writes word she longs to see thee, and has 
provided every thing in order for thy reception. 

Reenter Flora, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Thou wilt lead a happy life, my girl — fiftj' times before that of 
matrimony, where an extravagant coxcomb might make a beggar of 
thee, or an ill-natured, surly dog break thy heart. 

Flora. {Aside.) Break her heart ! She had as good have her 
bones broke as to be a nun ; I am sure I had rather, of the two. — You 
are wondrous kind, sir; but if I had such a father, I know what I 
would do. 

Fed. Why, what would you do, minx — ha r 

Flora. I would tell him I had as good a right and title to the law 
of nature, and the end of the creation, as he had. 

Fed. You would, mistress ! Who the devil doubts it ? A good 
assurance is a chambermaid's coat of arms ; and lying and contriving 
the supporters. Y'our inclinations are on tiptoe, it seems. If I were 
your father, housewife, I'd have a penance enjoined you, so strict, that 
yon should not be able to turn you in your bed for a month. Y'ou 
are enough to spoil your lady, housewife, if she had not abundance of 
devotion. 

Vio. Fie, Flora ; are you not ashamed to talk thus to my father ? 
You said, yesterday, you would be glad to go with me into the mon- 
astery. 

Flora. Did I ? I told a great lie, then. 

Fed. She go with thee ! No, no ; she's enough to corrupt the 
whole convent. Well, chUd, remember what I said to thee : next 
week 

Vio. (^Aside.) Ay, and what I am to do this, too. — I am all obe- 
dience, sir ; I care not how soon I change my condition. 

Fed. Well said, Yiolante. Well, child, I am going into the coun- 
try for two or three days, to settle some affairs with thy uncle ; and 
when I return, we'll i^rovide for thy haiDpiness, child. Good by, 
Yiolante ; take care of thyself. 

^Exeunt Don Pedro and Violaxte, d. l. h. 1 e.) 
4 



38 THE ■WONDER. [aCT V. 

Flora. So, now for the colonel. Hist, hist, colonel. 
Reenter Colonel Britox, d. r. h. 1 e. 

Cnl. B, Is the coast clear ? 

Flora. Yes, if you can climb ; for you must get over the wash- 
house, and jure;) from the garden wall into the street. 

Cul. B. Nay, nay, I don't value my neck, if my incognita answers 
but thy lady's promise. 

{Exeunt Colonel Briton and Flora, d. f. r. h.) 

Beenicr Felix, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Fel. I have lain perdue under the staii'S, till I watched the old 
man out. (Violanxe opens the door, L. h. 1 e.) 'Sdeath, I am pre- 
vented. (^Retires, L. h. 2 E.) 

Reenter Yiolante, d. l. ii. 1 e. 

Vio. Xow to set my prisoner at liberty. (Crosses to the door, R. 
H. 1 E., tiptoe, where the Colonel teas hid.) Sir, sir, you may appear. 

ReSnter Felix, l. h. 2 'e., following her up to the door, R. h. 1 e. 

Fel. May he so, madam ? I had cause for my suspicion, I find. 
Treacherous woman ! 

Vio. {Aside.') Ha, Felix here ! Nay, then, all's discovered. 

Fel. {Draics. Turns Violante to l. h.) Villain, whoever thou 
art, come out, I charge thee, and take the reward of thy adulterous 
errand. 

Vio. {Aside.) Wnat shall I say ? Nothing but the secret which 
I have sworn to keep can reconcile this quarrel. 

Fel. A coward ! Nay, then, I'll fetch you out. Think not to 
hide thyself; no, by St. Anthony, an altar should not protect thee. 

{Exit, R. H. D. 1 E.) 

T7o. {Aside.) Defend me, Heaven ! What shall I do ? I must 
discover Isabella, or here will be murder. 

Retnter Flora, d. f. R. h., crosses behind to l. h. 

Flora. I have helped the colonel off clear, madam. 

{Exit, D. L. H. 1 E.) 
Vio. Say'bt thou so, my girl ? Then I am armed. {Brings chair 
and sits c, ivith her eyes riveted on Felix, and laughiiig at him.) 

Reenter Felix, d. r. h. 1 e. 

Fel. Where has the devil, in compliance to your sex, conveyed 
him from my resentment ? 



SCENE I.] THE -WONDER. 39 

Vio. Ilira ; whom do you mean, my dear, inquisitive spark ? Ha, 
ha, ha ! Will j'ou never leave these jealous whims ? 

Fel. Will you never cease to impose upon me ? 

Vio. You impose upon yourself, my dear. Do you think I 
did not see you ? Yes, I did, and resolved to put this trick upon 
you. 

Fel. Trick ! 

Vio. Yes, trick. I knew you'd take the hint, and soon relapse 
into your wonted error. How easily your jealousy is fired ! I shall 
have a blessed life with you. 

Fel. Was there nothing in it, then, but only to try me ? 

Vio. Won't you believe your eyes ? 

Fel. ]\Iy eyes ! no, nor my ears, nor any of my senses, for they 
have all deceived me. (^Crosses to l. h.) Well, I am convinced that 
faith is as necessary in love as in religion ; for the moment a man lets 
a woman know her conquest, he resigns his senses, and sees nothing 
but what she'd have hhn. 

Vio. And as soon as that man finds his love returned, she becomes 
as errant a slave as if she had already said after the priest. 

Fel. The priest, Violante, would dissipate those fears which cause 
these quarrels. When wilt thou make me happy ? 

Vio. To-morrow I will tell thee ; my father is gone for two or 
three days to my uncle's ; we have time enough to finish our affairs. 
But, pr'ythee, leave me now, lest some accident should bring my 
father. 

Fel. To-morrow, then — 
Ply swift, ye hours, and bring to-morrow on — 
But must I leave you now, my Violante ? 

Vio. You must, my Felix. We soon shall meet to part no more. 

Fel. O, rapt'rous sounds ! Charming woman ! 
Thy words and looks have filled my Heart 
With joy, and left no room for jealousy. 
Do thou, like me, each doubt and fear remove. 
And all to come be contidence and love. 

(^Exeunt Felix, d. l. h. 1 e., Violante, d. k. h. 1 e.) 

END OF ACT TV. 



ACT V. 



Scene I. — Fredekic's House. 

Enter Felix and Frederic, r. h. 1 E. 

Fd. This hour has been propitious ! I am reconciled to Violante^ 
and you assure rpe Antonio is out of danger. 
Fred< Your sfatisfaction is doubly mine: 



•10 THE AVOXDLR. :ACT V> 



Enter Lissaudo, l. ii. 1 e. 

Fel. What haste you made, sirrah, to bring me word if VioLmte 
went home ! 

Lis. I can give you very good reasons for my stay, sir. — Yes, sir, 
she went home. 

Fred. O, your master knows that, for he has been there himself, 
Lissardo 

Lis. Sir, may I beg the favor of }-our ear ? 

Fel. "What have you to say r ( Whispers, and Felix seems vn-easy.) 

Fred. Ha ! Fehx changes color at Lissaido's news. — What can 
it be? 

Fel. A Scotch footman, that belongs to Colonel Briton, an ac- 
quaintance of Frederic's, say you ? The devil ! — (Aside.) If she 
be false, by Heaven I'll trace her. ( Whispers Lissaiido and sends him 
off, L. II. 1 E.) Pr'ythce, Frederic, do you know one Colonel Briton, 
a Scotchman ? 

Fred, Yes. Why do you ask me ? 

Fel. Nay, no great matter ; but my man tells me that he has had 
some little differences with a servant of his ; that's all. 

Fred. He is a good, harmless, innocent fellow ; I am soixy for it. 
The colonel lodges in my house. I knew him formerly in Englana, 
and met him here by accident last night, and gave him an invitation, 
home. He is a gentleman of good estate, besides his commission ; of 
excellent principles and strict honor, I assure you. 

Fel. Is he a man of intrigue ? 

Fred. Like other men, I suppose. Here he comes. 

Enter Colonel Bbiton, l. h. 1 e. 

Colonel, i Degan to think 1 had lost you. 

Col. B. And not without some reason, if j'ou knew all. 

Fel. There's no danger of a fine gentleman's being lost in this 
town, sir. 

Col. B. That compliment don't belong to me, sir — but I a£6ure 
you I have been very near being run away with. 

Fred. Who attempted it ? 

Col. B. Faith, I know not — only that she is a charming woman — 
I mean as much as 1 saw of her. 

Fel. (Aside.) My heart swells with apprehension. — Some acci- 
dental rencounter ? I 

Fred. A tavern, 1 suppose, adjusted the matter. 

Col. B. A tavern ? No, no, sir, she is above that rank, I assure 
you ; this nymph sleeps in a velvet bed, and lodgings every way 
agreeable. 

Fel. (Aside.) How ! a velvet bed ! — I thought you said but now. 
sir, you knew her not. 

Col. B. No more 1 don't, sir. 

Fel. How came you then so well acquainted with her bed ? 

Fred. Ay, ay, come, come, uiifbld. 



8CENE I.] THE WONDER. 41 

Col. B. Why, then, you must know, gentlemen, that I was con- 
veyed to licr lodging?, by one of Cupid's emissaries, called a chamber- 
maid, in a chair, through iifty blind alleys, who, by the help ot a 
key, let me into a garden. 

Fel. (Aside.) 'Sdeath, a garden ! This must be Violante's 
garden. 

C^l. B. From thence conducted me into a spacious room, told me, 
her lady would wait on me presently ; so, without unveiling, modestly 
withdrevr. 

Fel. (,'sV^3.) Damn her rcodipsty 1 This was Flora ! 

Fred. Well, how then, colonel? 

Col. B. Then, sir, immediately from another door issued forth a 
lady, armed at both eyes, i'rom M'hence such showers of darts fell 
around me that, had 1 not been covered with the shield of another 
Le.iUty, 1 had infallilly fallen a martyr to her charms ; for, you must 
know, I just saw her eyes — eyes, did I say ? No, no, hold, I saw 
but one eye, tb.ough I suppose it had a fellow equally as killmg. 

Fed. But how came you to see her bed, sir r — (^Aside.) '8death. 
this expjctation gives a thousand racks. 

Col. B. ^V'hy, upon her nuiid's giving notice her father was com- 
ing, she thrust me into the bed chamber. 

Fel. Upon her father's coming ? 

Col. B. Ay, so she said ; but, putting my ear to the keyhole of 
the door, I found it was another lover. 

Fel. (^Aside.) Confound the jilt ! 'Twas she, without dispute. 

Fred. Ah, poor colons^ ." Ha, ha, ha ! 

Col. B. I discovered iJiey had had a quarrel ; but whether they 
were reconciled or not, I can't tell ; for the second alarm brought the 
father in good earnest, and had like to have made the gentleman and 
I acquainted ; but she found some other stratagem to convey him out. 

Fel. Contagion seize her, and make her body as ugly as her soul ! 
There is nothing left to doubt of now. 'Tis plain 'twas she. (Fred- 
eric and Colonel laugh.') — (Aside.) Sure he knows me, and take? 
this method to insult me. 'Sdcath, 1 cannot bear it ! 

Fred. So when she had de.-patched her old lover, she paid j^ou n 
visit in her bed chamber — ha, colonel ? 

Col. B. No, plague take the impertinent puppy, he spoiled mj 
diversion : I saw her no more. 

Fel. {Aside.) Very line ! Give me patience, Heaven, or I sha- 
Durst with rage. 

Fred. That was hard. 

Col. B. Nay, what was worse — (To Felix.) Eut, sir, dear s-.,, 
do hearken to this. The nymph that introduced me, conveyed me out 
again over the top of a high wall, where I ran the danger of having 
my neck broke, for the father, it seems, had locked the door by which 
I entered. 

Fel. (Aside.) That way I missed him. Damn her invention. 
Pray, colonel — (Colonel cmd Felix knigh. Ha, ha, ha! it's very 
pleasant. Ha, ha!) — was this the same lady you met upon the 
Terriero de Passa this morning ? 

Col. B. Faith, I can't tell, sir ; 1 had a design to know who that 
4 * 



4:2 THE ^VONDEIl. [ACT V 

lady was, but my dog- of a footman, whom I had ordered to watch her 
home, fell fast asleep. I gave him a good beating for his neglect, and 
I have never seen the rascal since. 
Fred. Here he comes. 

Enter GiBBY, L. ii. 1 e. 

Col. B. Where have you been, sirrah ? 

Gibby. Truth, Ise been seeking ye, and lik yer honor, these twa 
hoors and mair. I bring thee glad tcedings, sir. 

Col. B. What, have you found the lady r 

Gibby. Geud faith, ha' I, sir ; and she's called Donna Yiolante, and 
her parent Don Pedro de ^Mendosa ; and, gin ye will gang wi' me, and 
lik yer honor, Ise make ye ken the hoose right weel, 

Fel. (^Asidc.) O, torture, torture ! 

Col. B. {Aside.) Ha ! Yiolante ! That's the lady's name of the 
house where my incognita is : sure it could not be her ; at least it was 
not the same house, I am confident. 

Fred. Yiolante ! 'Tis false ; I would not have you credit him, 
colonel. 

Gibby. The deel burst my bladder, sir, gin I lee. 

Fel. Sirrah, I say you do lie, and I'll make you eat it, you dog ; 
(^Icicks him;) and if your master will justify you 

Col. B. Not I, faith, sir. I answer for nobody's lies but my own. 
If you please, kick him again. 

Gibby. But gin he docs, Ise na tak it, sir, gin he was a thousand 
Spaniards. (^WaUcs about in a passion.) 

Col. B. I owed you a beating, sirrah, and I am obliged to this gen- 
tleman for taking the trouble otf my hands ; therefore say no more ; 
d'ye hear, sir ? {Apart to Gibby.) 

Gibby. Troth de I, sir, and feel tee. 

Fred. This must be a mistake, colonel ; for I know Yiolante per- 
fectly well, and I am certain she would not meet you ujjon the 'ler- 
riero de Passa. 

Col. B. Don't be too positive, Frederic. Now I have some rea- 
sons to believe it was that very lady. 

Fel. You'll very much oblige me, sir, if yovi'd let me know these 
reasons. 

Col. B. Sir ! 

Fel. Sir, I say I have a right to inqiure into these reasons you 
speak of. 

Col. B. Ha, ha ! really, sir, I cannot conceive how you, or any man, 
can have a right to inquire into my thoughts. 

Fel. Sir, I have a right to every thing that relates to Yiolante. 
And he that traduces her fame, and refuses to give his reason for't, is 
a villain. {Draxvs.) 

Col. B. (Aside.) What the devil have I been doing? Now blis- 
ters on my tongue by dozens. 

Fred. Pr'ythee, Felix, don't quarrel till you know for what ; this 
\s all a mistake, I'nr positive. (Retires up.) 

Col. B. Look you, sir; that I dare draw my sword, I think will 



SCEXE I.J THE WONDER. 43 

admit of no dispute. But though fighting's my trade, I'm not in love 
■with it, and think it more honorable to dechne this business than pr.r- 
siie it. This may be a mistake : however, I'll give you my honor 
never to have any affair, directly or indirectly, with Violante, provided 
she is your Violante ; but if tlu-re should happen to be another of that 
name, I hope you will not engross all the Violantes in the kingdom. 

Fel. Your vanity has given me sufhcient reason to believe I'm not 
mistaken. I'll not be imposed upon, sir. 

Col. B. Nor i be bullied, sir. 

Fel. Bullied ! 'Sdeath, such another word, and I'll nail thee to 
the wall. 

Col. B. Are you sure of that, Spaniard ? {Draws. ~) 

Gibbij. (Draws.) Say na mair, mon. O' my saul, here's twa to 
twa. Dinna fear, sir, Gibby stonds by ye for the honor of Scotland. 
( Vapors about.) 

Fred. ( Comes down, c.) By St. Anthonj', you shan't fight on bare 
suspicion : be certain of the injury and then 

Fel. That I will this moment ; and then, sir — I hope you are to 
be found 

Col. B. Whenever you please, sir. {Exit Felix, l. h. 1 e.) 

Gibbij. 'Sdeath, sir, there ne'er was a Scotsman yet that shamed to 
show his face. {Struts about.) 

Fred. So, quarrels spring up like mushrooms, in a minute. Vio- 
lante and he were but just reconciled, and you have furnished him with 
fresh matter of falling out agaui ; and I am certain, colonel, Gibby is 
in the wrong. 

Glbbij. Gin I be, sir, the mon that tald me leed ; and gin he did, 
the deel be my landlord, hell my winter-quarters, and a rape my wind- 
ing-sheet, gin I dee not lick him as lang as I can hand a stick in m.y 
bond, now see ye. 

Col. B. I am sorry for what I have said, for the lady's sake : but 
who could divine that she was his mistress ? Pr'ythee, who is this 
W'arm spark ? 

Fred. He is the son of one of our grandees, named Don Lopez de 
Pimentell, a very honest gentleman, but something passionate in what 
relates to his love. He is an only son, which may perhaps be one rea- 
son for indulging his passion. 

Col. B. When parents have but one child, they either make a mad- 
man or a fool of him. 

Fred. He is not the only child ; he has a sister ; but I think, 
through the severity of his father, who would have married her against 
her inclination, she has made her escape ; and, notwithstanding he has 
offered five hundred pounds, he can get no tidings of her. 

Col. B. Ha ! how long has she been missing ? 

Fred. Nay, but since last night, it seems. 

Col. B. {Aside.) Last night ? The very time! — How went she? 

Fred. Nobody can tell : they conjecture through the window. 

Col. B. (Aside.) I'm transported ! This must be the lady 1 
caught. — What sort of a woman is she ? 

Fred. Middle-sized, a lovely brown, a fine pouting lip, eyes that 
roll and languish, and seem to speak the exquisite pleasure her arms 
could give. 



44 THE M'ONDEIl. [act ^. 

Col. B. (Aside.) O, I am fired -with the description ! 'Tis the 
very she. — What's her name ? 

Fred. Isabella. You are transported, colonel. 

Col. B. (Aside.) I have a natm-al tendency in me to the flesr 
thou know'st ; and who can hear of charms so exquisite, and yet re 
main unmoved ? 0, how I long for the appointed hour ! I'll to the 
Terriero do Passa, and wait my happiness ; if she fails to meet me, I'll 
once more attempt to find her at Violante's, in spite of her brother's 
jealousy. — Dear Frederic, I beg your pardon, but I had forgot, I was 
to meet a gentleman upon business at five ; I'll endeavor to despatch 
him, and A'i'ait on you again as soon as possible. 

Fred: Your humble servant, colonel. (Exit, k. h. 1 e.) 

Col, B. Gibby, I have no business with you at present. 

(Exit, L. II. 1 E.) 

Gibby. That's weel. Now will I gang and seek this loon, and gai 
him gang with me to Don Pedro's hoose. Gin he'll no gang of him- 
self I'se gar him gang by the lug, sir-. Godswarbit, Gibby hates a lee. 

(Exit, li. H. 1 E.) 



Scene II. — Violante's Lodgings, 3 g. Same as before. 

Enter VioLANTE and Isabella, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Isa. The hour draws on, Violante, and now my heart begins to 
fail me ; but I resolve to venture, for all that. 

Vio. What, does your courage sink, Isabella ? 

Isa. Only the force of resolution a little retreated ; but I'll rally 
it again, for all that. 

Enter Floka, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Flora, Don Felix is coming up, madam. 

Isa. My brother ! which way shall I get out ? Despatch him as 
soon as you can, dear Yiolante. (Exit, d. k. h. 1 e.) 

Vio. I will. 

Enter Felix, in a surly humor, d. l. h. 1 E. 

Felix, what brings you back so soon ? did I not say to-morrow ? 

Fel. (Aside.) My passion chokes me ; I cannot speak. O, I shall 
burst! (Throws himself into a chair.) 

Vio. Bless me, are you not well, my Felix ? 

Fel. Yes — no — I don't know what I am. 

T'w. Heyday! What's the matter now ! Another jealous Avhim ! 

Fel. (Aside.) With what an air she carries it ! I sweat at her im- 
pudence. 

Vio. If I were in your place, Felix, I'd choose to stay at home 
when these fits of spleen are upon me, and not trouble such persons as 
are not obliged to bear with them. (Hero he affects to be careless of 
her.) 



*CEXE II. J THE "U'ONDER. -lo 

Fid. I am very sensible, madam, of what yoii mean : I disturb you 
no doubt ; but were I in a better humor, I sliould not incommode you 
less ; I am but too ■well convinced you could easily dispense "with my 
visit. 

Vio. When 3'ou behave yourself as you ought to do, no company 
so ■welcome; but when you reserve me for your ill nature, I waive 
your merit, and consider what's due to myself. And I must be so 
free to tell you, Felix, that tl.'ese humors of yours will abate, if not 
absolutely destroy, the very principles of lo,?. 

Fcl. (^liisss.) And I must be so free to tell you, madam, that since 
you have made such ill returns to the respect that I have paid you, all 
you do shall be indifferent to me for the future ; and you shall tind me 
abandon your empire with so little difficult}', that I'll convince the 
world your chains ^re not so hard to break, as your vanity would 
tempt you to believe. I cannot brook the provocation you give. 
(^Crosses to k. it.) 

Fio. This is not to be borne. Insolent ! You abandon ! You ! 
whom I've so often forbade ever to see me more ! Have you not fallen 
at my feet? Implored my favor and forgiveness? Did you not trem- 
bling wait, and wish, and sigh, and swear yourself into my heart ? 
Ungrateful man ! if my chains are so easily broke, as you pretend, 
then you are the silliest coxcomb living you did not break 'em long 
ago ; and I must think him capable of brooking any thing, on whom 
rich usage could make no impression. (^Crosses to k. h.) 

Fel. I always believed, madam, my weakness was the greatest ad- 
dition to your power ; you would be less imperious, had my inclination 
Deen less' forward to oblige you. You have, indeed, forbade me your 
sight, but your vanity even then assured you I would return, and I 
was fool enough to feed that vanity. Your eyes, with all their boast- 
ed charms, have acquired the greatest glory in conquering me. And 
the brightest passage of your life is, wounding this heart with such 
arms as pierce but few persons of my rank. (ifaZ/rs about in a great 
passion.) 

Vio. Matchless arrogance ! True, sir, 1 should have kept measures 
better Avith you, if the conquest had been worth preserving ; but we 
0:isih' hazard what gives us no pain to lose. As for my eyes, j'ou are 
mistaken if you think they have vanquished none but you ; there are 
men above your boasted rank, w'ho have confessed their power, when 
their misfortune in pleasing you made them obtain such a disgraceful 
victory. {Crosses to l. h.) 

Fel. Yes, madam, I am no stranger to your victories. 

Vio. And what you call the brightest passage of my life, is not the 
least glorious part of yours. 

Fel. Ha, ha ! don't put yourself in a passion, madam, for I assure 
you, after this day, I shall give you no trouble. You maj' meet your 
sparks on the Terrlcro de Passa, at four in the morning, without the 
least regard to me ; for when I quit your chamber, the world shan't 
bring me back. 

Vio. I am so well pleased with your resolution, I don't care how 
soon you take your leave. But what you mean by the Terriero de 
Passa, at four in the morning, I can't guess. 



48 THE AVONDER. [ACT V. 

Fel. No, no, no, not you. You Avere not npon the Terriero do 
Passa at four this morning ! 

Vio. No, I was not ; but if I ivas, I hope I may walk where I 
please, and at what hour I please, without asking your leave. (Cf:>.--^i 

to K. II.) 

Fel. O, doubtless, madam ! and j-ou might meet Colonel Briton 
there, and afterwards send yonr emissary to i'ctch him to your house — 
and upon your father's conimg in, thrust him into your bed chamber 
— without asking my leave, "lis no business of mine, if you are ex- 
posed among all the footmen in town — nay, if they ballad you, and 
cry you about at a halfpenny a piece — they may without my leave. 
(Crosses to 'L. II.) 

Vio. Audacious! don't provoke me ^ don't; my reputatirn is 
not to be sported with {going tip to him) at this rate. No, sir, it is not. 
(Bursts into tears.) — {Aside.) Inhuman Felix !" O, Isabella, what a 
train of ills thou hast brought on me ! 

Fel. (Aside.) Ila ! I cannot bear to see her weep. A woman's 
tears are far more fatal than our swords. — O, Violante. 'Sdeath ! 
What a dog am I ! Now have I no power to stir. Dost thou not 
knov/ such a person as Colonel Briton ? Pr'ythee tell me, didst not 
thou meet him at four this morning upon the Terriero de Passa? 

Vio. AVere it not to clear my fame, I would not answer thee, thou 
black ingrate ! But I cannot bear to be reproached with what I even 
blush to think of, much less to act. By Heaven, I have not seen the 
Terriero de Passa this daj'. 

Fel. Did not a Scotch footman attack you in the street neither, 
Violante ? 

!^io. Yes ; but he mistook me for another, or he was drunk, I know 
not which. 

Fel. And do you not know this Scotch colonel ? 

Vio. Pray ask me no more questions ; this night shall clear my 
reputation, and leave you without excuse for your base suspicions. 
More than this I shall not satisi'y you ; therefore pray leave me. 

Fel. Didst thou ever love me, Violante ? 

Vio. I'll answer nothing. You were in haste to be gone just now ; 
I should be very well pleased to be alone, sir. (^Sits down on e. h., 
and turns aside.) 

Fel. I shall not long interrupt your contemplation. — (Aside.) 
Stubborn to the last. 

Vio. (Aside.) Did ever woman involve herself as I have done ? 

Fel. (Aside.) Now would I give one of my eyes to be friends with 
her ; for something whispers to my soul she is not guilty. (He pauses, 
then pulls a chair, and sits brj her at a little distance, looking at her some 
time without speaking, then draios a little nearer to her.) — Give me youi 
hand at parting, however, Violante, won't your (He lays his hand 
upon her knee several times.) AVon't you — won't you — won't 
you ? 

Vio. (Half regarding him.) "Won't I do what? 

Fel. You know what I would have, Violante. O, my heart ! 

Vio. (Smiles.) I thought my chams were easily broke. (Leys 
her hand in his.) 



SCEXE n.] THE WONDER. 47 

Fel. (^Draws his chair close to her, and kisses her ha?id in a rapture.) 
Too well thou knowest thy strength. O, my charming angel, iny 
heart is all thy own ! Forgive my hasty passion, 'tis the transport of 
a love sincere ! O, Violante, Violante ! 

Fed. (^Without, L. u.) Bid Sanclio get a new wheel to the chariot 
presently. 

T7>. Bless me, my father returned ! What shall we do now, Fe- 
lix r We are ruined past redemption. 

Fel: No, no, no, my love ; I can leap from the closet window. 
(^Runs to the door, R. ii. 1 E., lohere Isabella is, %oho closes it ; noise of 
bolts heard within.) Confusion ! somebody bolts the door withinside. 
I'll see whom you have concealed here, if I die for't. O, Violante, hast 
thou again sacrificed me to my rival r (^Draws.) 

Tio. By Heaven,- thou hast no rival in my heart ! let that suffice. 
Nay, sure you will not let my father find you here. Distraction ! 

Fel. Indeed but I shall, except you command this door to be opened, 
and that way conceal me from his sight. (^He struggles with her to 
come at the door.) 

Vio. Hear me, Felix. Though I were sure the refusing what you 
ask would separate us forever, by all that's powerful, you shall not en- 
ter here. Either you do iove me, or you do not. Convince me by 
your obedience. 

Fel. That's not the matter in debate. I will know who is in this 
closet, let the consequence be what it will. Nay, nay, nay, you strive 
in vain ; I will go in. 

Vio. You shall not go in. 

Enter Don Pedro, d. l. h. i e. 

Fed. Heyday ! What's here to do ? "I will go in," and '< You 
shan't go in," — and " I will go in." Why, who are you, sir ? 

Fel. {Aside.) '>Sdeath ! What shall I say now ? 

Fed. Don Felix, pray what's your business in mj' house ? Ha, sir. 

Vio. O, sir, what miracle returned you home so soon ? Some an- 
gel 'twas that brought my father back to succor the distressed. This 
ruffian — I cannot call him gentleman — has committed such an un- 
common rudeness, as the most profligate wretch would be ashamed to 
own. As I was at my devotions in my closet 

Fel. Devotions ! 

Vio. I heard a loud knockmg at my door, mixed with a woman's 
voice, which seemed to imply she was in danger. I flew to the door 
with the utmost speed, where a lady, veiled, rushed in upon me, who, 
falling on her knees, begged my protection from a gentleman, Avho, she 
said, pursued her. I took compassion on her tears, and locked her in 
this closet ; but, in the surprise, having left open the door, this very 
person whom you see, with his sword drawn, ran in, protestmg, if I 
'•efused to give her up to his revenge, he'd force the door. 

Fel. {Aside.) What in the name of goodness does she mean to do ? 
hang me ! 

Vio. I strove with him till I was out of breath, and had you not 
come as you did, he must have entered. But he's in drink, I sup- 



18 THE A\-OXDER. 'ACT V. 

pose, or lic could not have been guilty of such an indecorum. (^Si;jns 
to Felix.) 

Fed. I'm amazed ! 

Fel. (Aside.) The devil never failed a woman at a pinch. What 
a tale has she formed in a minute ! In drink, quotha ! a good hint ; 
I'll lay hold on't to bring myself off. 

Fed, Fie, Don Felix ! No sooner rid of one broil but you are 
commencing another. To assault a lady with a naked sword dero- 
gates much from the character of a gentleman, I assure you. ' 

Fd. (Countei-feits drunkenness.) Who? I assault a lady ! Upon 
honor the lady assaulted me, sir, and would have seized this body pol- 
itic ujion the king's hiijhway. Let her come out and deny it if she can. 
Pray, sir, command the door to be opened, and let her prove me a 
har if she knows how. 

Fed. Ay, ay ! who doubts it, sir r Open the door, Violante, and 
let the lady come out. Come, I warrant thee he shan't hurt her. 

Fel. No, no, I vi^on't hurt the dear creature. — (Aside.) Now 
which way will she come off ? 

Via. Come forth, madam ; none shall dare to touch your veil ; I'll 
convey you out with safety, or lose my life. — (Aside.) I hope she 
understands me. (Noise of bolt heard, n. ii. 1 e.) 

Rei'nicr Isabella, d. r. n. 1 e., veiled, and crosses to l. 

Isa. (Aside.) Excellent girl ! (Exit, d. l. ii. 1 e.) 

Fel. (Aside.) The devil 1 a woman ! I'll see if she be really so. 

I'io. (Aside to Felix.) Get clear of my father, and follow me to 
the Terriero de Passa, when all mistakes shall be rectified. 

(Exit, D. L. H. 1 E. Felix ojfers to follow her.) 

Fed. (Drmcs his sword.) Not a Step, sir, till the lady be past 
^•our recovery ; I never suffer the laws of hospitality to be violated in 
my house, sir. Come, sir, you and I will take a pipe and bottle 
together. 

Fel. Damn your pipe and damn your bottle ! I hate drinking 
and smoking ; and how will j'ou help yourself, old Whiskers ? 

Fed. As to smoking or drinking, you have your liberty ; but you 
shall stay, sir. 

Fel. But I won't stay ; for I don't like your company. Besides, 
I have tlie best reason in the world for my not sta-sing. 

Fed. Ay ! Whaf s that ? 

Fel. Why, I am going to be married ; and so good by. 

Fed. To be married ! it can't be 1 "NMiy, you are drunk, Felix. 

Fel. Drunk ! Ay, to be sure. You don't think I'd go to be 
married if I was sober. But drunk or sober, I am going to be mar- 
ried for all that ; and if you won't believe me, to convince you, I'll 
show you the contract, old gentleman. 

Fed, Ay, do ; come, let's see this contract, then. 

Fel. Yes, yes, I'll show you the contract, I'll show you the con- 
tract. Here, sir, here's the contract. (Draics a pistol.) 

Fed. (Starts.) Well, well, I'm convinced ; go, go — pray go and 
be married, sir. 



SCENE II. I THE WOXDER. 49 

Fel. Yes, yes, I'll go — I'll go and be married; but shan't we 
take a bottle first i 

Pod. No, no ; pray, dear sir, go and be married. 

Fel. Very well, very well. (^Goiiig.) But I insist upon your 
taking one glass, though. 

Peel. No, not now — some other time. Consider, the lady waits. 

Fel. (^Aside.) What a cross old fool ! First he will, and then he 
wont ; and then he Avill, and then he won't. (Exit, l. h. 1 E.) 

Enter Servant, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Serv. Here's Don Lopez 

Fed. (Not seeing toko it is, picls up a chair and holds if before him.) 
Go and get married Ah, it's you ! Well ? 

Scrv. Here's Don Lopez de Pimentell, to wait on you, seignior. 

Fed. What the devil does he want ? He is not going to be mar- 
ried, too. Bring him up. (Exit Servant, d. l. h, 1 e.) He's in 
pursuit of his son, I suppose. 

Enter Don Lopez, d. l. n. 1 e. 

Lop. I am glad to find j'ou at home, Don Pedro ; I was told that 
you was seen upon the road to this afternoon. 

Fed. That might be, my lord. I had the misfortune to break 
the wheel of my chariot, which obliged me to return. What is your 
pleasure with me, my lord ? 

Lop. I am informed that my daughter is in your house. 

Fe'',. That's more than I know, my lord; but here was your son 
;^t now, as drunk as an emperor. 

/ yp. 'My son drunk ! I never saw him in drink in my life. 
vVhere is he, pray, sir ? 

Fed. Gone to be married. 

Lop. Married! To whom? I don't know that he courted any 
Ijody. 

Fed. Nay, I know nothing of that, but I'm sure he showed me the 
contract. Within there ! 

Reenter Servant, d. l. h. 1 e. 

Bid my daughter come hither ; she'll tell you another story, my 
lord. 

Serv. She's gone out in a chair, sir. 

Fed. Out in a chair ! What do you mean, sir ? 

Serv. As I say, sir ; and Donna Isabella went in another, just 
before her. 

Lop. Isabella ! 

Serv. And Don Felix followed in another. I overhead them all 
bid the chairs go to the Terriero de Passa. 

Fed. Ha ! what business has my daughter there ? I am con- 
founded, and know not what to think. Within there ! 

Lop. My heart misgives me plaguily. Call me an alguazil ; I'll 
r^i^sue them straight. - (Exeunt, L. H.) 



THE "WONDEE. [ACT V 



ScEXE III. — The Street before Dox Pedro's House, 2 G. D. f. l. n 
practical. Knocker on the door. 

Enter Lissardo, r. h. 1 e. 

Lis. I wisli I could see Flora. Methinks I have a hankering 
kindness after the slut. We must be reconciled. 

Enter Gibby, r. h. 1 e. 

Gibby. Aw my sol, sir, but Ise blythe to find ye here now. 

Lis. Ha, brother ! give me thy hand, boy. 

Gibby. Na se fast, se ye me. Brether me ne brethers ; I scorn a 
lee as muckle as a thief, se j-e now ; and ye must gang intul this 
house with me, and justify to Donna Violante's face that she was the 
lady that gang'd in here this morn, se ye me, or the deel ha my sol, 
sir, but ye and I shall be twa folks. 

Lis. Justify it to Donna Violante's face, quotha ! for what ? Sure 
you don't know what you say. 

Gibby. Troth de I, sir, as weel as ye de ; therefore come along, 
and make no mair words about it. 

Lis. Why, what the devil do you mean ? Don't you consider 
rou are in Portugal ? Is the fellow mad r 

Gibby. Fellow I Ise none of yer fellow, sir ; and gin the place 
were hell, I'd gar ye de me justice. (Lissardo goiny.) Nay, the 
deel a feet ye gang. (^Lays hold of him and knochs at the d. f. l. h.) 

Lis. (_Aside.) Ila ! Don Pedro himself. I Avish I were fairly off. 

Enter Dox Pedro, d. f. l. h. 

Fed. How now ? What makes you knock so loud? 

Gibby. Gin this be Don Pedro's house, sir, I would speak with 
Donna Violante, his daughter. 

Ped. Ha ! what is it you want with my daughter, pray ? 

Gibby. An she be jour daughter, an like yer honor, command her 
to come out, and answer for herself now, and either justify or disprove 
what this cheeld told me this morn. 

Lis. (Aside.) So, here will be a fine piece of work. 

Ped. AVhy, what did he tell you, ha ? 

Gibby. By my sol, tir, Ise tell you aw the truth ; my master got 
a pratty lady upon the how-de-call't — Passa — here, at five this 
morn, and he gar me "\; atch her hcam ; and, in truth, I lodged her 
here, and meeting this ill-favored thicfe, se ye me, I specred who 
wa«, and he told me her name was Donna Violante, Don Pedro •' 
Mendoza's daughter. 

Ped. Ila ! my daughter ■^^'ith a man, abroad at five in the morn 
ng ! Death, hell, and furies ! By St. Anthony, I'm undone ! 

Gibby. Wounds, sir, ye put yer saint intul bony company. 

Ped. Who is your master, you dog you ? 

Gibby. You dog you ! . 'Sbleed, sir, don't call names. 1 won't 
xll you who my master is, se ye me now. 



SCENE III.] THE WONDER. 6 . 

Ped. {To LisSARDO, ind holding up his cam.) And who are you, 
rascal, that know my daughter so well ? Ha ! 

Lis. {Aside.) What shall I say to make him give this Scotch dog 
a good beating ? — 1 know your danghter, seignior ? Not I ; I never 
saw your daughter in all my life. 

Gibhij. {Knocks him down with hia Jlst.) Deel ha my sol, sar, gin 
ye get no your carich for that lee now. 

Fed. What, h(x ! Where arc all my servants r 

Enter Colonel Briton, Felix, Isabella, and Violante, r. h. 2 e. 

Raise the house in pursuit of my daughter. 

Col. B. Hcydey ! What's here to do ? 

Gibbij, This is the loon-like tik, an lik your honor, that sent me 
heam with a lee this morn. 

Fel. This is a day of jubilee, Lissardo ; no quarrelling vAih. him 
this day. 

Lis. A plague take his fists ! Egad, these Britons are but a word 
and a blow. 

Enter Don Lopez, r. h. 1 e. 

Lop. So, have 1 found you, daughter ? Then you have not 
hanged yourself yet, I see. 

Col. B. But she is married, my lord. 

Lop. Married ! Zounds ! to whom ? 

Col. B. Even to your humble servant, my lord. If you please to 
give us your blessing. {Kneels.) 

Lop. {To Isabella.) Why, harkye, mistress, are you reallj 
married r 

Isa. Really so, my lord. 

Lop. {To Colonel Briton.) And who are you, sir? 

Col. B. An honest North Briton by birth, and a colonel by com- 
mission, my lord. 

Lop. A heretic ! th<', devii ! [Holds up his hands.) 

Pod. She has played you a slippery trick, indeed, my lord. — {To 
Violante.) Well, my girl, thou hast been to see thy friend mar- 
ried. Next week thou shalt have a better husband, my dear. 

Fel. Next week is a little too soon, sir ; I hope to live longer than 
that. 

Ped. What do you mean, sir ? "X ou have not made a rib of my 
daughter, too, have you ? 

Vio. Indeed, but he has, sir, I know not how ; but he took me in 
an unguarded minute, when my thoughts were not over strong for a 
nunnerj', father. 

Lop. Your daughter has played j'ou a slippery trick, too, seignior. 

Ped. But your son shall ne-»er be the better for't, my lord ; her 
twenty thousand pounds were left on certain conditions, and I'll not 
part with a shilling. 

Lop. But we have a certain thing called law, shall make you do , 
justice, sir. 

Fed. Well, we'll try that ; my lord, much good may it do you 
with your daughter-in-law. 



62 THE -WONDER. [aCT V. 

Lop. I "wish you much joy of your rib. 

{Excxmt Pedro, l. h. 1 e., and Lopez, r. h. 1 e.) 

Enter Frederic, r. h. 2 e. 

Fel. Frederic, Avelcomc ! I sent for thee to be partaker of my 
happiness ; and pray give me leave to introduce you to the cause of it. 

Fred. Your messenger has told me all, and I sincerely share in all 
your happiness. 

Col. B. To the right about, Frederic ; wish thy friend joy. 

Fred. I do, with all my soul. — i^To Isabella.) And, madam, I 
congratulate your deliverance. Your suspicions are cleared now, I 
hope, Felix. 

Fel. They are ; and I heartily ask the colonel's pardon, and wish 
him hapi^y with my sister ; for love has taught me to know that every 
man's happiness consists in choosing for himself. Now, my Yiolante, 
I shall proclaim thy virtues to the world. 

Let us no more thy sex's conduct blame, 
Since thou'rt a proof to their eternal fame. 
That man has no advantage but the name. 



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